1. The Arctic Native
Americans
Created by: Iman, Jai-Lin, Josh,
and Liam

2. Food
Meat and blubber are
the basic foods of the Inuit
diet. In cold climate fat was
important and without fat
people could not survive.
Raw meat from seals and
whales provides nutrients
and vitamins A and D. Vetch
root sorrel leaves, rose
woods stems and seaweed
are also foods they ate. They
mostly got their food by
hunting and fishing in their
canoes.

3. Clothing
For an adult two pairs
of parkas was what they
wore. Hoods were
trimmed with long fur and
men’s winter clothing was
made of just caribou skins.
There is a belt tied around
the mothers waist that
holds her baby in place.
They used sinew from
caribou to make thread
and women wore a pair
of pants made from the
skin of caribou belly.

4. Transportation
The Inuits would have to
make kayaks to get from one
place to another. Also they
used anumiak which is an
large open boat. It is 9 to 12
meters or 30 to 40 feet long so
it can carry many people
inside of it. Some of the Inuits
main forms of transportation
are kayaks, single person
boats, and umiaks. Some of
the boats were also 5 feet
wide and made of wood and
whale skins.

5. Beliefs
The Inuits believe that
everything had a soul.
Loon’s skin was sewn into
the side of a kayak to give
it good speed. When
children are born they are
sometimes given the name
of a dead relative. Tattoos
were generally seen on
Inuit women.They believed
that a soul of the dead
person came and guided it
in its early years.

6. Homes
The Inuit had no
permanent homes. They
switched homes
depending on the
season. Their summer
homes were large tents.
They made them out of
sealskin and caribou.
Their winter homes were
made out of snow
known as an igloo.

7. Family Life
In the Arctic region,
different people in the family
had different roles. The man’s
role was to hunt animals for
the family. Their role was also
to teach boys how to hunt.
The woman’s role was to knit
clothes. Their role was also to
teach girls how to knit. Those
were some of the most
important things for survival.

8. Language
The Inuit’s
languages are
Alaskan Yupik,
Pacific Gulf Yupik,
Siberian Yupik, and
Eskimo-Aleut. Lots of
Inuit children
learned Eskimo-
Aleut in village
schools.