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The Inuit Empire
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The Inuit Empire
By: Rayan E. & Preston & Anna Kate
Religion
(Pre Colonization)
Religion
- All of the Inuits believed in animism.
- Dance to the spirits to please them.
- Would wear animal masks when they communicated with the spirits.
- After they killed an animal they would open their skull to release the spirits.
Religion
Religion
(Post Colonization)
- Most of the Inuits believed in Christianity.
- The Moravian Missionaries converted the Inuits to Christianity.
- They would not wear masks when the worshiped the Christian G0d.
- Most of the Inuits stop believing in the spirit world, so they stop doing all of the ways the worshiped the spirits.
Gender Roles
(Pre Colonization)
Gender Roles
- The men of the Inuit tribe would hunt and fish to provide for the tribe.
- Most of the men had to know how to cook and sew, because they were away for several days due to hunting sometimes.
- Then each family would live and hunt together with 6-10 other families
- They usually lived in family groups of around 5-6 people.
Gender Roles
Gender Roles
(Post Colinization)
- After colinization happened then the Inuit people lost a lot of their resources and land.
- The Englishmen that colinized the Inuit lands took over the Inuit hunting and fishing lands.
Art
(Pre Colonization)
Art
- They used whatever material they could find to use for art.
- They used animal parts, stone, driftwood.
- The main instrument for the inuit ceremonies was the one sided drum.
- In song and dance they told stories about the spirits.
- Most drums made from caribou or walrus stomach or bladder, stretched over a wooden hoop.
Art
Art
(Post Colonization)
- Graphics- abstract and natural physical art.
- Sculptures-typically carved from variety of materials.
EX: Bone, Soapstone, Wood
- Block printing-Usually printed on stone.
Pre-Colonization Facts
-Many of the weapons were made of ivory, stone, animal bone.
-Can be used to cut hair, skinning the animal, cleaning the animal, and hunting.
-Uses Caribou antlers and Walrus ivory.
- Inuit special knife was called an ulu, which was used for the basic functions of the inuit blade
- Most common knife was carved out of bone.
http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_groups/fp_inuit3.html
http://www.native-languages.org/weapons.htm
http://www.indians.org/articles/inuit-weapons.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulu
Post Colonization
Post Colonization
- The hatchet had a steel head and was used for trade.
- The hatchet was heavier and more efficient than normal axes.
- The blades were made from recycled materials used such as saw blades.
- All hatchets have wooden handles.
- The blades from hatchets would have been traded, but the handles were made from trees of the Inuits.
http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_groups/fp_inuit3.html
Citations
(Pre Colonization)
Citations
Gender Roles:
-http://intermediatehuron.blogspot.com/2008/06/family-gender-roles-marriage-and.html
-http://inuit-project.weebly.com/gender-roles.html\
-http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_groups/fp_inuit6.html
Religion:
-http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_groups/fp_inuit5.html
-http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/religion-of-aboriginal-people/
-http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Ha-La/Inuit.html
Art:
-http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_groups/fp_inuit5.html
-https://redkettle.wordpress.com/2011/04/25/inuit-art-both-pre-and-post-european-contact/
Citations
Citations
(Post Colonization)
Religion:
-http://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/aboriginal/inuit-impacts.php
-https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/settlement/kids/021013-2071.3-e.html
Gender Roles:
-http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_groups/fp_inuit6.html
-http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Ha-La/Inuit.html
Art:
-http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Ha-La/Inuit.html