......a kakivak.
Kakivaks are used for catching fish. It
has three sharp nails on the end to hold the fish. The handle
is made of wood. Less people have kakivaks now. They are good
for spearing fish when they are seen swimming by. Many years
ago people used kakivaks in lakes. Children would practice
using them. Elders used kakivaks a long time ago, too. Now,
they are used occasionally. The nails at the end can be sharpened.
A kakivik help Inuit catch fish.
by David Sequaluk
......a pair of kamiks.
Kamiks are made of seal skin. They are warm. Inuit used waterproof
kamiks a long time ago. Inuit people make different kinds
of kamiks. They made kamiks to protect themselves from the
cold. People can buy kamiks at the coop. People sew designs
using seal skin. Elderly women know to make kamiks. They were
used to go camping and hunting. I have kamiks and they are
made with seal skin. Girl's kamiks have beads and the boys
have dark leather instead. The boys design on the kamiks are
vertical and the girl's designs are horizontal. We have two
kinds of kamiks at our place. Kamiks can be made small for
young children also bigger for adults.
by Victor Annanack
......an Inuk.
An Inuk means one person and Inuit means many people. An Inuk
can speak Inuttitut. They also used dogsleds. Some Inuit people
like to eat raw meat. We like to hunt arctic animals. Long
ago Inuit people used panaks to made igloos. Inuit people
used animal bones to make things. We wore parkas to keep warm.
When Inuit people got lost they made igloos. They injoyed
making igloos even if it was hard work. In the past Inuit
used many different fur clothes using caribou, seal, polar
bear, black bear and fox.
by Ammack Annanack
.......an atiqik.
An atiqik is a Inuit parka
made with goose down. In the spring people hunt geese to
collect the down for their parkas.
I like to wear my atiqik when I go camping. Lots of people
make atiqiks. Atiqiks can be colourful. Atiqiks are very
warm. Atiqiks have fox fur around the hood to protect our
face from the cold. When people are going camping they always
use their atiqiks. Atiqik are great. I like to sew parkas
with my mother. When it is very cold people like to use
their atiqik.
