> Are Inuit located in Alaska? > I was under the impression that most were located in the Eastern Canada area > (Maritime Provinces?) and of course Greenland. The Inuit inhabit an area spanning almost 5,150 k. They have a wider geographical range than any other aboriginal people, and are the most sparsely distributed people on earth. There are 8 main separate groups of Inuit: Greenland Inuit, on the eastern and western coasts of southern Greenland Labrador Inuit, occupying the coast from a point opposite Newfoundland to Hudson Bay, with a few settlements on southern Baffin Island Central Inuit, in far northern Greenland, Baffin Island and western Hudson Bay Banks Island Inuit, on Banks Island, Victoria Island and other large islands off the central Arctic coast Western Arctic Inuit or Innuvialuit, along the western Arctic coast of Canada Alaskan Inuit and Alaskan Yuit, occupying parts of Arctic Alaska Siberian Yuit. > It is my understanding that the traditional hunting methods of the Inuit > (kayak) have taken a back seat to more contemporary methods (powerboat). I don't recall seeing kayaks in Kotzebue 25 years ago, nor Chevak six years ago. Of course, I wasn't really tuned into kayaks at that time and may have missed them. But I believe all native peoples in Alaska, being quite practical, have adopted modern hunting methods (rifles, ATV, motorboat for instance) which provide more reliable means of getting food. Karen *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Oct 19 1999 - 09:37:05 PDT
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