2. The People
• The Inuit lived in Nunavut, the Northwest
and northern Quebec.
3. Homes
• In winter the Inuit made igloos. Igloos kept
people warm. The Inuit made big blocks of
ice it would make a circle when the igloo
was done it would form a dome.
4. Clothing
• The Inuit people used caribou hides for pants.
• Sealskin was used to make mittens because it
was waterproof .
• Boots were called kamiks. When they were
worn on land they were made from caribou skin.
Kamiks were used to be made for water these
boots are water proof so they can go in the
water.
• Parkas are only made from caribou hides Inuit
people use parkas for a special pouches to hold
their babies.
5. Food
• Caribou was the Inuit’s main food. They ate the
bones, the blood and the fat as well as the meat.
• Fish was the second favorite Inuit’s food you
could it the fish raw or cooked or dried.
• Nuts and berries. Vegetables could not grow in
the Arctic char because it is so cold there that
you could freeze.
• Bannock is a type of bread the inuit made dough
that was wrapped around a stick.
6. Tools
• The unag is a type of harpoon that was used to hunt
seals and whales.
• The Nitsiq a tool that was used to pull animals in from
the water.
• The Inuit ideas to protect the inuits eyes from the sun the
inuit wore wooden goggles that had thin slits.
• Komatiks since the inuit hunted with herds instead of
cars they used dogs so they didn”t half to walk.
• The kayaks and umiaks. Water travel was important to
the inuit kayaks were used for hunting and fishing the
inuit used umiaks to move people and goods from site to
site these boats were made by stretching.
