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Cir THE CANADIAN! = Arctic Inuit’ woman's packing parka to carry baby snow (there are many different words to describe snow) the area north of the treeline an imaginary line that marks twenty-four hours of continuous daylight for at least one day a year jacket frled bread made of flour and lard introduced by traders @ fierce winter snow storm fish ice a house (igloo) school snowhouse; a dome- shaped house made. of snow blocks ©1998 S&S Leaming Materials Limited @ lh | innait: elder Inuit the people; name. given to people of the Canadian Arctic nuk: aman inuksuit; stone markers on the tundra shaped like a man In It: the common language of the Canadian Inuit boots made of Caribou or seal skin polar bear; shown on the Canadian $2 coin (nanook) REE : seal Northem Lights: Aurora Borealis; coloured lights in the winter sky that wave up and down. Duna; land Nunavut: “Our Land”, the newest Canadian territory under Inuit rule J37 child parka: hooded jacket, from Alaskan Aleut permafrost: — permanent frozen ground, a large amount of Nunavut is covered with permanently frozen ground pualu: mittens Qablunaat: a white man; non- native (kabloonag) gammag: sod house gomutik: sled pulled by dog teams; sled now made of wood and Pulled by snowmobiles (komatik) gayaq: kayak; one-man hunting or fishing boat quiliq: stone lamp used for heat and light ¢kudluk) sod: soil mixed with grass and roots, formed into bricks to build a sod house tundra: tupik: ©1998 $ &$ Leaming Materials Limited 8 the “line* which halts the growth of Boreal Forest, North of the treeline is tundra caribou; arctic deer; shown on the Canadian 25¢ coin treeless; Arctic plains; Covered in marsh and lakes tent snowy Owl; shown on the Canadian $50 dollar bill (ookpik) a half-moon-shaped woman's knife with a metal blade and bone handle a large open boat made of a wood or whalebone frame covered with watrus hide or seal skins iP = Matching ff Match the Picture to the word. Word Study, 3 kayak —__ ulu snowknife Snowhouse (igiu)___ kamiks (boots) —__ harpoon —_ stone lamp (Qulliq) Parka fishing spear sled ©1998 S&S Learaing Matern UnRee cy T37 Alphabetical Order There are many new words to discover when =="! studying the Inuit. Put these words in Word Study /’ alphabetical order. Watch out for letters with 4 more than one word listed. Yukon ocean parka bannock Inuit drum ulu char fur lamp caribou walrus tent husky Arctic snow blizzard harpoon spear icicles kayak mittens Eskimo — quilt zipper jet vest games raven Nunavut Zr@oa7™moO8 >

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