It is thought that the first settlers in Canadian history were the Paleo-Indians who migrated to North America during the Wisconsin glaciation which took place between 17,000 and 50,000 years ago. At this time, sea levels fell and people were able to use the Bering land bridge to cross over from Siberia to North West North America. [Read more...]
Inuit Life
February 8, 2011 By
Although the last century has seen a great deal of change in the way that the Inuit live, they continue to retain many elements of their culture and traditions alive today. Included within the traditions that have been passed down through the generations are mythology, storytelling, traditional knowledge, dancing and music. Family life and community are as important to the Inuit today as they always have been. They continue to live in close villages where they endeavour to maintain a balance between tradition and the needs of the present. [Read more...]
Definition of Eskimo
February 4, 2011 By
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, the definition of the term ‘Eskimo’ is:
‘Eskimo is a member of an indigenous people inhabiting northeast Canada, Alaska, Greenland, and eastern Siberia, and traditionally living by hunting seals and other Arctic animals and birds and by fishing.
The two main languages of this people (Inuit or Yupik), comprises a major division of the Eskimo-Aleut family.’ [Read more...]
The Canadian history of its aboriginal people and Eskimos
January 21, 2011 By
The word Eskimo translated means “eater of raw meat”. Although Eskimo is an American Indian word scientifically Eskimos are believed to be from North Asian Decent.
Eskimos originally came from a land bridge which is no longer exists which stretched from Asia into northern America. Because of this it allowed Eskimos to travel and spread across the continents arctic regions and they eventually came to settle in four countries, these being Greenland, The Soviet Union, Alaska and Canada. [Read more...]