I hope I’m getting that term right. By Inuits I mean the chaps that live in the northern hemisphere where the weather isn’t so hospitable.
By explain them I mean a few things:
why on earth did they stay in such cold climates instead of just moving south?
how did they come to use metal tools in a place with arguably no iron ore?
surely they must have lived very short lives, from a combination of the harsh environment and such a limited diet, amongst other things?
I’ve always wondered why humans would subject themselves to such dire conditions, I have similar quandaries concerning nomadic Saharan tribes....but anyway, any help would be much appreciated! I just want to know about their lives in general.
A lot of elderly Inuit people I’ve met live to be quite old, like 90 to 100. They buy some stuff at northern grocery stores but the prices are absolutely ridiculous. Most survive on diets based on what they can get close to home. When younger community members hunt whales and stuff, the food feeds the entire community. They have berries, bannock, eat elk or muskox, fish, strips of meat or blubber. A lot of Inuit travel down to the city to stock up on essentials, and bring them back up to feed their family and friends. Farming can be quite difficult there. They use ulus to cut the meat, and other tasks but also have modern technology obviously. They are built for the frigid temperatures, and many wear the parkas with multiple layers, so if it’s warmer out, they can just wear the cotton zipped layer. It’s cool they have amauties (I think that’s spelled correctly), so they can keep their babies in the big hood pocket for skin contact, and easy to care for baby’s immediate needs.