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Did the Inuit play any games?
To endure the rigours of this lifestyle, Inuit practise endurance games. These games include the knuckle hop, airplane planking, foot racing and various hopping games. Each game requires balance and control and some closely mimic the skills necessary to be a successful hunter.
How did the Inuit travel long distance over land and ice?
Inuit in Igloolik, however, have always practiced inland hunting and fishing, and some of the most important routes to distant places go through chains of lakes and rivers across large extensions of land (MacDonald 1998: 162, Aporta 2002a, see also Boas 1888: 450).
What sports do Inuits?
The Arctic Games include many of the same games as in the Winter Olympics (hockey, speed skating, and curling). However they also feature arctic sports such as dog mushing and snowshoeing along with traditional Inuit games like the Ear Pull, One Foot High Kick, Kneel Jump, Airplane, and Knuckle Hop.
How do Inuits get around?
Getting Around To travel from one place to another, Inuit used sleds pulled over the snow and ice by strong dogs. On the waters of the Arctic Ocean, small boats called “kayaks” were used for hunting while larger boats called “umiaq” transported people, dogs, and supplies.
How did the Inuit navigate?
Their knowledge of the stars helped them navigate in a hostile environment where reference points are few and far between. The Inuit peoples living in the Canadian Far North can view the dark night sky continuously for long periods of time. At the North Pole, for example, the Sun rises and sets only once each year.
Where did the Eskimos live before they came to Alaska?
During the thousand years before non-Native people reached Alaska, some Eskimo groups that had first lived on the ocean’s shore moved inland along northern rivers such as the Kobuk. By the time non-Natives came to Alaska, some of the Inupiaq Eskimos of Alaska had moved inland.
Is the name Eskimo offensive to the Inuit?
Despite that finding, the name Eskimo—widely used in Alaska—is nevertheless considered by some to be offensive. In Canada and Greenland the name Inuit is preferred for all indigenous peoples there. However, the indigenous peoples of Alaska include the Yupik and the Aleuts, both of whom are distinct from the Inuit.
What kind of animals did the Eskimo people hunt?
Eskimo people used harpoons to kill seals, which they hunted either on the ice or from kayaks, skin-covered, one-person canoes. Whales were hunted by using larger boats called umiaks. In the summer most Eskimo families hunted caribou and other land animals with bows and arrows.
What kind of people are the St Lawrence Island Eskimos?
The different environments and cultural adaptations make it difficult to discuss the Eskimo people in one section. For clarity, the Eskimos are divided below into Inupiaq, Yupik, and Alutiiq groups. The St. Lawrence Island Eskimos are included in the Yupik Eskimos section.