Netsilik Inuit Essay

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The Netsilik Inuit (also referred to as Netsilingmiut) are one of several groups who lived on the arctic coast of Canada (west of Hudson Bay). The Netsilik Inuit were hunters that lived in small family groups that had a simple social organization. They didn’t really have a formal government. The type of food they hunted (since they lived in the Arctic coast) were seals, caribou, muskoxen, and (when possible) polar bear. They also fished salmon, trout, and char when possible. They spoke in a dialect called Inuktitut (which is spoken by Inuit from northern Alaska to eastern Greenland). They tend to travel (mainly to the Hudson Bay and Thelon River) and obtained wood for sledges, knives, needles, and kayaks.
The Chipewyan (who are also known as the Denesuline) are people who are located in the Subarctic region of Canada. The Denesuline were based on hunting herds of caribou. They would use the meat for food and the skins for clothes, tents, and nets. They would form hunting groups which had 2 or more related families. They would then join with other groups to form larger bands. The authority of the leaders was …show more content…

From this meeting, Prince of Wales Fort, Churchill, and fur trade established between the Chipewyan and the Europeans. This fur trade however didn’t go well with their southern neighbors, the Cree. There was a peace treaty between the two tribes between 1716-176- but there was still hostility that continued. The fur trade also affected their relations with their northern neighbors (Inuit) who were recognized as enemies. But when the Europeans were introduced to the Chipewyan they also brought along their diseases. The presence of the diseases decimated the Chipewyan population. An example of this is the first great smallpox epidemic which happened between

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