Hvor hører inuitter til?

Indholdsfortegnelse:

1. Hvor hører inuitter til?
2. Hvornår kom de første inuitterne til Grønland?
3. Did the Greenland Inuit make wooden maps?
4. Who are the Inuvialuit and where do they live?
5. What does Inuit mean?
6. What is the difference between Inuit Nunangat and Inuit Kanatami?

Hvor hører inuitter til?

Inuitter er en fællesbetegnelse for en række arktiske folkeslag i Grønland, Canada og Alaska, der nedstammer fra Thule-kulturen. De inuitiske folkeslag omfatter de canadiske inuit og inuvialuit, kalaallit i Grønland og inupiaq i Alaska.

Hvornår kom de første inuitterne til Grønland?

I 1200-tallet indvandrede Thule-folket (inuitter) fra Canada til Grønland. Navnet har de fået efter stedet i den nordvestlige del af Grønland, hvor man fandt de første spor efter dem.

Did the Greenland Inuit make wooden maps?

• There is no evidence that such wooden maps were commonly produced by the Greenland Inuit, as those Kunit made for Holm are the only ones of their kind known.

Who are the Inuvialuit and where do they live?

• The Inuvialuit are western Canadian Inuit who remained in the Northwest Territories when Nunavut split off. They live primarily in the Mackenzie River delta, on Banks Island, and parts of Victoria Island in the Northwest Territories.

What does Inuit mean?

• Inuit is the Eastern Canadian Inuit (Inuktitut) and West Greenlandic (Kalaallisut) word for "the people".

What is the difference between Inuit Nunangat and Inuit Kanatami?

• While Inuit Nunangat is within Canada, and the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami oversees only the four official regions, there remains NunatuKavut in southern Labrador. NunatuKavummuit retain a treaty with the Crown since 1765, and the NunatuKavut Community Council (NCC) oversees governance in this region.