Inuit Culture

In the world, there are many kinds of Indians and this includes the Native Americans. They were the first people who were in America, and lived in America for many centuries. There are also many different tribes and the Inuit was one of them, or so many think. Actually, the Inuit aren’t Native American, but they are neighbors to the Native Americans for they look like the Indians, their culture , traditions and their language are similarly endangered. They are the Arctic people and they came from the north . Nowadays, the Inuits still live in the Arctic regions. The Inuits have interesting homes, clothing, foods, traditions and culture. The Inuit people live in the cold places, there are more than 100,000 of them are living on the earth. Almost of them live in the southern part of the Arctic Circle. They used simple material to make their homes like woods, because it was hard to find other material in the frozen tundra of the Arctic. In the summer , they used skins of the animals they hunted and would cover up the whalebones or driftwood to make their homes . But in Greenland, the Inuits lived in permanent stone houses. The traditional housing is based on the location the Inuit’s live. Nowaday , many Inuits live in the single-story, made of prefabricated wooden , including
The Inuit’s language is divided into 2 groups : Inupik and Yupik . The Inupik speakers were found in an area of Greenland and western Alaska.The Yupik speakers lived in an area that includes southwestern Alaska and Siberia. Each village has its own school and most Inuit children go to school. They ski or ride snowmobile to get to school. The main language they used for school is English. The children are taught normal subjects like math, history, spelling, reading, and how to use the computers. But the Inuit teachers are also worried about how their students will learn about their cultures and