first peoples: the world of the inuits by cathy hopperstad keigwin middle school location
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First Peoples: The World of the Inuits
By Cathy Hopperstad
Keigwin Middle School
Location
http://www.arcticravengallery.com/lisafifield/inuit-womanseal.html
History
Location• Arctic and sub arctic regions from Alaska to
Labrador, Canada.
History
10,000 B.C.
Migrants from Asia crossed the Bering Strait to the coast of current day Alaska
6750 B.C. to 800 A.D.
The Norton then the Dorset settle from eastern Alaska to Baffin Island, Canada
800 A.D.
Dorset people replaced by a group migrating from Alaska, the Thule. They spread across Canada to Greenland.
1570
Arrival of first Europeans and the Thule culture gives way to the current Inuit culture.
1999
Nunavut becomes a providence in Canada
Government