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"The Inuit culture is the most pure hunting culture in existence. Having adapted to the extreme living conditions in the High Arctic of the North American continent for at least four thousand years, Inuit are not even hunter-gatherers. Inuit are hunters, pure and simple." (Henriette Rasmussen, Minister in Greenland Home Rule Government) [2]
Prior to 1000, the central and eastern Canadian Arctic were occupied by people of the Dorset Culture. Within a few centuries, Dorset culture was completely displaced by Thule immigrants from the west. Evidence of contact between Dorset and Thule peoples is scarce and the nature of the Dorset/Thule succession remains poorly understood. [5]
The first people arrived in Greenland from the Canadian island of Ellesmere, around 2500 to 2000 BCE, from where they colonized north Greenland as the Independence I culture and south Greenland as the Saqqaq culture. [15] The Early Dorset replaced these early Greenlanders around 700 BCE, and themselves lived on the island until c. 1 CE. [15]
As 84% of Greenland's landmass is covered by the Greenland ice sheet, Kalaallit live in three regions: Polar, Eastern, and Western. In the 1850s some Canadian Inuit migrated to Greenland and joined the Polar Inuit communities. [9] The Eastern Inuit, or Tunumiit, live in the area with the mildest climate, a territory called Ammassalik.
National symbols of Greenland (1 C, 3 P) R. ... Pages in category "Culture of Greenland" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
About 800 BC, the Saqqaq culture disappeared and the Early Dorset culture emerged in western Greenland and the Independence II culture in northern Greenland. [38] The Dorset culture was the first culture to extend throughout the Greenlandic coastal areas, in the west and the east. It lasted until the total onset of the Thule culture, in AD 1500 ...
The Inughuit were first contacted by Europeans in 1818, [2] when John Ross led an expedition into their territory. Ross dubbed them "Arctic Highlanders". They are believed to have previously lived in total isolation, to the point of being unaware of other humans, and are cited as one of the rare non-agricultural societies to live without armed feuds or warfare, a state that continued after ...
Greenlanders, also called Greenlandics or Greenlandic people, [9] are the people of the Danish Realm of the autonomous territory of Greenland. As of 2024, Greenland's population stands at 55,840 and is in decline. [ 1 ]