Algonkians: How did they travel?

• The same as the Iroquoians:• Travel by foot (WALKING)• In winter SNOWSHOES• On water (rivers) Canoe• They used toboggans in the

winter to help carry things

Inuit: the way they lived

• Inuit lived in Northern Canada and the Tundra Region.

• The soil was NOT FERTILE and the climate was too cold!!!

• Not Fertile and cold climate means not good for growing vegetables

InuitNorthern Canada/Tundra region

The Inuit people had to work very hard to survive

• The temperature is very cold -40 *C in the winter• Very dry almost no rain and little snow• Summer is August and July• The ground stays frozen all year this is called

PERMAFROST• Lakes, rivers and some parts of the ocean stay frozen• In the winter, there may be several months where the sun

does not appear• In summer, the sun may not go down sun all day

Midnight Sun

Inuit were mainly hunters• Because the climate was

so cold, there was very little VEGETATION

• Inuit had to hunt for food• hunting animals and birds• Inuit also fished for

different kinds of fish• It was difficult to get food

in Northern Canada

What kinds of animals did the Inuit hunt?

• During the winter months walrus, seals, arctic char (fish) and whales• Spring, summer and fall months

arctic char, seals, birds, musk-oxen, caribou, polar bear, arctic hare, and arctic foxes

Arctic Char

Seals

Walrus

Arctic Fox

Cariboo

Arctic Hare

Ptarmigan

Polar Bear

Bowhead whale

Inuit DID NOT stay in the same place• Because they were hunters• They had to follow

animals they hunted• They moved around from

season to season• Moving around from

season to season is called NOMADIC

• Inuit had a nomadic way of life

• Sometimes, Inuit stayed in small villages

Inuit homes

• Inuit usually lived in small groups

• Food was difficult to get big groups were a bad idea

• People call Inuit snow houses ‘Igloos’ this is not the real name

• The real name is ‘Igluviga’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-x5QOSqP3E

Other Inuit homesKarmats:• large holes dug into the ground in the

summer. • Stone, whale bones and animal hides were

used to make walls and the roof. • During the summer Inuit traveled to find

caribou and other animals. They lived in tents made from animal hides in the summer.