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How do Inuit live?

Inuit

Why do you live in the North Pole?

Thousands of years ago, the last migration army of mankind set out from Asia, crossed the Bering Strait and came to the hinterland of America. They didn't expect American Indians to hunt them down in front! The Inuit fought and retreated, and finally retreated to the Arctic Circle. It was a cold winter, and the Indians thought that the Inuit would freeze to death soon, so they stopped hunting. Unexpectedly, the Inuit miraculously survived in the Arctic, and they created a miracle of human survival.

history

Inuit people have lived and lived in the Arctic for generations, with a history of at least 4,000 years. In the past long years, they lived a free and self-sufficient life, without words and money. With the passage of time, Inuit people began to accept modern civilization, and their lives have changed greatly.

Lapp people

Lapp people

Nordic peoples. Call themselves Sami. Mainly distributed in the Arctic regions of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. It belongs to Uralic language family and is a mixed type of Mongolian and Europa. Lapp language is used, belonging to the Finnish-Ugric language family of Urals. Most people believe in Christian Lutheranism, while a few believe in Orthodox Christianity, and the remnants of primitive religions are widely preserved. As early as 654.38+0000 years ago, the ancestors of Lapp people began to move from the Urals to Scandinavia, which was originally widely distributed. Later, it was pushed out by Germanic tribes and Finnish tribes and gradually moved northward. Some people were assimilated by others. Reindeer used to live by fishing and hunting wild deer. They were successfully raised about 1000 years ago and immediately became their main means of livelihood. The development of deer industry directly affects their society, economy, culture and lifestyle, which makes them create a unique reindeer civilization and develop an economic type that adapts to the Arctic environment. Traditional society takes the paternal family and clan as the unit and lives a democratic life in primitive society. In recent years, influenced by modern civilization, most of them turned to settle down, build modern facilities and use modern daily necessities. The way of life has changed obviously, but some people still live a nomadic life, which is not limited by national boundaries.