Oldest Inuit Footage Ever

Incredible footage of the Inuit, Yupik and Inupiat tribes. These unique films of life in the Arctic give us a glimpse thousands of years into the past.
A civilization that not only survives in such an extreme environment, but prospers.
Millenia distilled into a moment on film. A fleeting glimpse of an ancient world.
Listen to the soundtrack here: • Top Songs - Inuit Chill
Chapters:
Who are the Inuit people?
How Big Is The North American Arctic?
Hunting & Food
Clothing
How To Make An Igloo
Dogs
Columbia Eneutseak
The Inuit Kiss
The Oldest Inuit Footage Ever
Written and edited by
Al Paton
Films featured in the video are
Iglulingmiut Inuit
Hunters In Transition - Part 1
Visiting The Eskimos
Smith Sound Eskimos, 1930s
King Island Dancers
Wolf Dance
Filming glaciers, 1931
Nalukataq whale feast at Barrow, 1947
We Live in the Arctic, 1947
Donald B MacMillan in the Changing Arctic
St. Lawrence Island Yupik Traditions Sanightaaq
The Viking 1931
NASA film on Greenland
Nanook of the North
Life on the Border 1911
Tip top of the Earth
The Witch of the Everglades
Eskimos Winter in Western Alaska
How to Build an Igloo
Glimpses of Greenland (1924)
Alaskan Adventures (1926)
Scientific Expedition Into the Great Arctic
Alaska's Silver Millions
Esquimaux Village
Eskimo Children (1941)
1925 MacMillan Byrd Expedition
Esquimaux Leap-frog
Esquimaux game of snap-the-whip
Music
Inuit Chill
Native American Chillout
• Top Songs - Inuit Chill
Music Features Samples from:
Carlos Carty - FreeSound.org
Photos:
Snow Goggles - Jared Zimmerman

[@amypetra5021]

My spirit is drawn strongly by seeing this. I’m of Inupiaq/Aleut heritage. I grew up in Chicago with no real experience or connection to my native heritage. My mother grew up in Holy Cross, Alaska in a boarding school/orphanage (really a white mans prison) and wasn’t allowed to be Inuit. At all. But, when I see these people, I’m moved deeply by every truth I own in my DNA. I feel it. A painful longing I can’t identify. I feel like I don’t belong anywhere…

[@eyesf7693]

Maybe you could be at the beginning of a new decolonised journey

[@amypetra5021]

@@eyesf7693 not even sure what that means? What I’m saying is my longing is to belong. I feel like this is who I belong to, but it’s gone. I’m 64 now, my mom is 86 and I have no family, no tribe. Anyway, thanks for responding

[@DS-nv8bi]

@@amypetra5021 i am 66 and have no fam or belonging.

[@amypetra5021]

@@DS-nv8bi I’m sorry 😞. Sad thing feeling alone

[@leonstenutz6003]

Bless you all, from Bolivia.

[@annepoitrineau5650]

They smile a lot, and they go about things relaxed, unhurried, with great efficiency. I also notice the loving care to their children and their incredible ingenuity. Thank you so much for this film and the wonderful music.

[@michaelduncan2151]

Now you understand THAT we didn't evolve from Neanderthals...made up names ....Created by the Living God....And the Invaluable Knowledge needed to Sustain us throughout the millenniums.....!!!!

[@gaborbakos7058]

And those are real smiles and laughs, not posing American fake smiles.

[@standingbear998]

you will see that in most so called third world peoples.

[@terryrogers7899]

I love those beaming smiles. What a beautiful people.

[@daveybass655]

Extremely sophisticated peoples. Living comfortably, in harshest condition, thriving. The kyaks, and clothing ! As well as the child, playing with a sled, and puppy. Awesome.

[@KatherineUribe-1]

Very hard working folk yet very joyful.

[@teresaoconnell4790]

I dont think thats a puppy . I think its a polar bear cub.

[@Hollylivengood]

@@teresaoconnell4790 😅😅😅Puppy. The puppies learn to pull as young as the kids learn to push a sled. It's ok, they both like doing what they're doing.

[@levequedidier3676]

Comfortably? Not always.

[@johanna5688]

Sophisticated? They were wild and primitive. More animal than human.

[@martindonald7613]

My mother in law Una was half Inuit. She grew up on a small Island In far northern Québec, in what today, we would call a fly in community. Unfortunately, like many Indigenous people of that era, she contracted TB. My wife remembers well the dogs, the seal meat and the seral skin clothing. I am so thankful that my kids and I are , even marginally connected to these immensely strong people.

[@uaebifvideo5472]

Must be proud of your ancestors!! 👍🏼

[@amypetra5021]

Yes, for sure. TB was terrible and my mom’s parents caught it. That’s another reason why she went to the boarding school. Her sister remembers some. Idk why, but they alienated my mom. But I do feel things in my spirit. I really admire the Inuit people. They are intelligent, creative, optimistic, artistic and have an inner strength that seems almost never ending. It makes me proud to think that this is in me too, even though its not directly. I grew up in a world apart in Chicago

[@uaebifvideo5472]

@@amypetra5021 👍🏼

[@victoriabenally8319]

Very beautiful stories, I am native too, Native American and proud of it. Admired your points on your ancestors, u rooted an thanks for sharing ♡♡

[@martindonald7613]

@@victoriabenally8319 Not my ancestors but my wife's.

[@uriahpierce3602]

One of the most amazing thing to me is the joy you see in most everyone in this video and many others that I have watched , we call them primitive, not as advanced, but I believe that they have something that we have forgotten!… each other and community, contentment, seems there’s always just enough but plenty to go around.

[@cattymajiv]

Not always. There was a lot of starvation too. Many whole families starved, or even clans, for example when the cariboo didn't come, or went a different way. But I certainly know what you mean. They were extremely intelligent, and never wasted a thing. They appreciated everything they did have so very much, especially each other. I've read as much as I can about the Inuit, and have extreme respect for how they survived in such hostile conditions! I'm not Inuit, but if I were I would just be so very proud. Every bit of film I see about them moves me so deeply.

[@hazelpearson7807]

I lived in high arctic communities for over ten years, this video shows a life long gone. Life in arctic communities now bears no resemblance at all to this footage which might seem idyllic but certainly was very far from that, it was a harsh existence back then, starvation and the continuous hunt for food was the overriding focus of every day, summer and winter. Now they have houses with all the modern conveniences from microwaves, dishwashers to tv and internet, schools, nursing stations, and stores with every kind of food, clothing and household goods.

[@JJNoire]

@@cattymajivin Ireland and plenty of European countries starvation was also an issue.

[@tribequest9]

amen, we have lost our way, we are not meant to work 8 hours a day 365 days a year and live a mostly sedentary life.

[@ron1836]

​@@hazelpearson7807probably why they are all killing themselves. It's like a huge problem with natives in Greenland I know.

[@JamesHughes-up9zn]

As a youngster I went to school with Inuait kids in northern Alaska. All my world traveling they were always the happiest people I've encountered.

[@leadboots72]

Living free, pure, and happy. At peace with a wild land. Truly amazing people.

[@KatherineUribe-1]

A beautiful and rich culture. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@lamontpearce170]

😢😢

[@peaceleader7315]

Hmmmm... evolution also imposed its will on cultures and religions, language and lifestyle.. hmmmm.. I guess nothing stays the same..😔.

[@anacarpenter9254]

Living in New Zealand 🇳🇿 thanks for the opportunity to view an historical culture The Inuit. Instinctive lifestyle in order to fulfill survival skills. Healthy looking features. The cinematographer, I doff my hat to. Thank you for letting me view this exceptionally breathtaking footage.

[@zoolkhan]

The more north you go, the more pure your soul and life becomes. greetings from finland :) our saami and canadian innuit would have understood each other well.

[@justicewillprevail1106]

They look like the purest kindest happiest people of this world. Not contaminated by civilizations cruelty and greed.

[@johnbrennan3779]

Believe what you will.

[@maureendelzer]

Such a beautiful joyful people! In this film they seem to always be laughing. Thank you for sharing this.

[@BlazeDuskdreamer]

ikr! They're so happy!

[@djquinn11]

Which is amazing considering what a harsh environment they existed in.

[@khillsy4489]

And then they were gone

[@cattymajiv]

@@khillsy4489 They are very much NOT gone. There are a great many of them in Siberia, Alaska, Canada, and Greenland. There are probably millions of Inuit. One of their biggest problems now is that they are so often forgotten about in government budgets and programs, and in the minds of the people of their modern countries. And living so far north still imposes most of the same burdens, just in different ways. Still nothing grows there, but now the wildlife of all kinds is under threat. The whales they relied on are almost gone. There are quotas on how much they can hunt and fish. Even though all the equipment is better, affording that equipment is almost impossible for them. Jobs are very scarce. And the traditional means of survival are becoming forgotten and lost. That has an enormous impact on their ability to get food and on their culture. But to buy food and other supplies that are shipped north on planes is so expensive. So is electricity and heating. Every single thing has to be flown up, since it's too far and too cold to send much by ship. It's bad enough for the Inuit in Canada and Greenland, but I'm sure that for the ones who live in Alaska and Siberia it's even worse, due to the attitudes and lack of understanding of the rest of their country. Lack of education about them obviously makes it even worse.

[@keithfaulk1354]

Hello from Georgia!!❤

[@annalefsrud3132]

We saw parts of this footage in school when I was a child in northern Canada. What stuck the most, was how they could handle that extreme cold, and how gentle they were with their children. There's an old Inuit saying that is something like, "It's easy to be grateful when times are good, it is essential to be grateful when times are hard".

[@sunset3052]

What I see the most in this 24 min video is their happy faces and big smiles!

[@wannabe4668]

They are laughing at how funny their strange visitors look

[@crustycobs2669]

Wish we could all live in a society where people loved and laughed, and were brave and creative as these people.

[@denisehampton3102]

I wonder if this has been shown to the inuit. To see their family members. What a priceless gift!

[@goshdarnitman]

We've seen some, there's still tons of archival things we have to write specifically for, as in must know the title, date and everything before we can even obtain anything. We appreciate whatever is obtainable or is shared, we still hear stories from our grandparents and great grandparents what it was like pre-settlement. Pure joy everytime

[@fasx56]

This valuable part of Inuit - Eskimo History that was preserved on film. The oldest video I have seen on You Tube of the Inuit People was filmed in the 1930s I believe by the Canadian Government. The British Fur Trading Companies, called the Hudson Bay Company, were established in Canada in the mid 1700s .They traded with the Indians and even the northern Inuit furs for pots, pans , iron and steel tools , clothing and Guns which made the difficult life of all tribal people much easier. Their survival skills developed over thousands of years were amazing but the Harsh land required it to survive. Not sure but I believe the Eskimos were First to know how to build KAYAKS , a unique canoe for sure.

[@cattymajiv]

They were. The idea would have originated in Siberia, as well as the umiak, a bigger boat, which they would have used in their immigration from Siberia originally. The ways in which their lives were improved by metal implements and tools were great. There is no doubt. But the ways that contact with whites hurt them was far greater. They were absolutely devasted. As were every other culture that the whites had any contact with. Treated in an abominable manner, and given terrible diseases that wiped most of them out. Those who remained were treated worse than dogs. 400 years later they are still not treated as equals in many ways.

[@holyworrier]

The Hudson Bay Company was initiated by two French traders who needed English backing to establish a posts on Hudson Bay. We're talking ca. 1664. The rest is history.

[@ZeldaZorch205]

@@holyworrier Hudson's Bay Co. founded in 1607 through a land grant from the British Crown.

[@holyworrier]

@@ZeldaZorch205 - Thank you. My mistake. I'm misinformed.

[@daveshen0880]

Inuit people. Basically you wrote people people. Because the word inuit means people. Next time just use one single word, inuit. Not Inuit People. Greeting from Greenland.

[@larrymyers6327]

I lived with the Yupik Eskimo in Alakanuk Alaska for 4 years. Loved it.

[@heyokaempath5802]

I believe the Inuit are connected to the Ainu people. Such a beautiful piece of work, loved every second of it. Thank you for putting this up and sharing this with us.

[@cattymajiv]

Thanks so much for this lovely view of such beautiful people!

[@madhatter9622]

A diet rich in protein saturated fat and cholesterol , no heart disease diabetes or obesity . Sadly modern Inuit are now afflicted by these diseases after adopting western diets high in fibre , carbohydrates and seed/vegetable oils

[@bobostaszewski9031]

I Am Of Polish/Lithuanian Descent When I Watched This Video I Got Goosebumps My Thoughts Went Back To June Of 1962 One Week Out Of High School I Volunteered For The U.S. Army I Met 3 Remarkable Men From The Village Of Savoonga AlASka Miklahook, Jackson And My Special Buddy Julius Alowa Saturday Night Was Tough They Barely Made It Back To The Baracks And crashed On The Letrine Floor One By one I Hauled Them Upstairs To Their Bunks Miss My Dear Brothers 😢😢😢😢

[@robertacress4945]

Thankyou for sharing this video. I learned a little bit about the Inuit people when I read a book written by Farly Mowet...I believe he spent 3 years in the Artic and tells his story...very interesting. About 13 year ago I met a man in Sault St Marie Ont that is from the Belcher Islands, he was born in a igloo and didn't start school till he was 9 years old and he had the opportunity to go to school. I was up there for a short visit with him to see his family and experienced the culture. Robert Flarety is Isaac's grandfather so that makes him Inuit and Irish. Isaac left the Belcher Islands and ended being a aircraft matinence engineer and worked on our Ontario water bombers till he retired.

[@cattymajiv]

Farley Mowatt's book is a classic! Almost all of his books are. I've also read at least 2 other books by white people who lived in igloos, and in the primitive style, with Inuit who were not adapted to the modern ways, in villages and in vast stetches of land where no-one had the modern conveniences, and where there were very few people. It was so fascinating. One the authors had a name identical to a movie director of the same era, but I forget what it was. John Hughes? He was the guy who first suggested that they sell their carvings to the Hudson's Bat Company. I think he was was working for the HBC at the time. He also started them on doing the fabulous prints that they became so famous for. I might even still have the book by him. I forgotten that name too. If I find it I will devour it again as fast as I can. I love their culture! Apparently his 2 sons were both raised in igloos and tents until school age, and were heartbroken when they were told that they were not Inuit. One became a film maker and made at least a few films about the Inuit. Again, I don't know the names of him or his films.

[@creeper8647]

Anything by Farley Mowat would be wonderful.

[@vickiparrish3235]

Excellent documentary! In the early 2000s, having lived with the Inuit in the Baffin and Victoria Islands, NE Canada, then moving to Alaska, this brought back many fond memories. I never learned to do the kayak Eskimo roll, but I did learn to throat sing. Being born/raised with NA in Oklahoma, I was surprised to see so many similarities of the Inuit/Eskimo and NA ways and even similiar looks.

[@stacysalinas22]

Thank you for sharing this great footage! Wonderful!

[@FreeCaledonia]

Such clever people. How many city dwellers could do so much with so little. We could learn much from them, but we don't... cos we're so 'superior'. I'm humbled.

[@downtoearth5108]

Beautiful video, thank you for sharing. Of all the native peoples throughout the World. Inuit and others living in these extreme environments are the greatest. I am Maori of New Zealand who trace back to Eastern Polynesia travelled to Aotearoa, first traces a thousand years ago. The settlement here into the Arctic Region is more astonishing. It must have been a slow advancement to begin with to understand the environment first. Thank you again for sharing this great video.

[@keevee09]

I'm curious about the "hongi", the nose-to-nose greeting which looks identical to the Maori form of greeting. It makes sense in such a harsh environment to greet one another in this manner.

[@tedsell1455]

What Beautiful and Amazing People. ! God Bless

[@smarty5680]

How cool was that? Such happy people, and so resourceful

[@tsclly2377]

I saw this in 1969 as an introduction to Northern North American Culture... These films where available in 16mm film.

[@xmarksthespot5188]

All working as a team , happy , healthy and beautiful people !

[@BlazeDuskdreamer]

Your channel is the absolute best. It's like time traveling to the past.

[@janesmith9024]

We learn a lot from how we were and some things never change - we mothers feed and carry our children; we eat meat and fish and move. We love each other.

[@terencegamble4548]

A wonderful film. Thank you.

[@maryland9987]

They were happy because they had no idle time. Every minute to large act and event in their lives had purpose. They took nothing for granted; not even a stick or rock. Everything, like them, had a use and a purpose. They literally made their lives matter, and utilized anything possible to do that. There was beauty in all they did, and beauty and love surrounded them. What a beautiful life….

[@hobesoundfalcon2344]

Having been in Alaska for the 1964 Great Quake, Mount Mackinley is still Mount Mackinley, and they are still Eskamos

[@rancidpitts8243]

Always interested in who we are, who our cousin are. How we live, and lived. We are humanity no matter where we live, or look like.

[@davidhaynes3126]

I’m Canadian and have travelled most of the country with exception of the far north. It is a trip I would like to do

[@anncoffey8375]

My sister-in-law from Vancouver travelled up north 53 years ago and never returned to life down here. She married an Eskimo and had half a dozen lovely children. They don't like it down here either. The car culture makes it too noisy and too stinky for them.

[@davidhaynes3126]

@@anncoffey8375 cool thanks for telling me

[@davidhaynes3126]

@@anncoffey8375 I think cities and city life is dangerous to life in general. To Spirit Life, Human Life, Animal Life. It sucks out my soul.

[@anncoffey8375]

@@davidhaynes3126 Totally agree. There is nothing life-enhancing about living in a city. Constant noise, no stillness. Traffic-jammed streets filling the air with hazardous substances from vehicle exhausts and wearing-down tyres. People shopping until they drop for things they don't need. Photochemical smog and road salt killing the few remaining trees. And urban planners planning for more ugliness because they plan for cars and not for people, and not planning for people means that they are not planning for nature. Cities are generally soul-destroying environments and the sprawl belts ringing them are even worse than the older city centres. James Kunstler calls the sprawling suburbs "the greatest misallocation of resources in the whole of human history". He is right. They are but temporary rubbish made of glue and woodchips coated with plastic siding and roofed with petrochemical products.

[@2butnot277]

Simply wonderful from beginning to end.👏👏👏

[@walterkersting9922]

Imagine the quietude, the silence and the stars.

[@sophitran]

Thank you I learned a new word ! Quietude 🙏🏻

[@marushka123]

This is how I would’ve loved to live. Wonderful sense of community

[@cattymajiv]

Their sense of community was indeed wonderful, and mostly still is, and they are wonderfully cheerful and creative people, but it was also extremely hard, living in depressing conditions of constant darkness and extreme cold. The men had to go out in those conditions to hunt, and froze their butts doing it, even in the genius designed clothing. The women were stuck inside forever, in a tiny, dirty, hut or igloo sewing and caring for kids. They had to eat raw meat almost all the time. They couldn't often chose who or when to marry, and all had to live together, literally sitting and sleeping on top of each other, no matter whether they liked each other or not. They could almost never bathe. They did the best that anyone could have in terrible circumstances, and they had a great attitude about it! Until the whites arrived and began a long, long period of cultural genocide against them. Since that occurred, the rates of alcoholism and suicide are astoudingly high! So you would not enjoy it.

[@politicallyincorrectandpro5856]

What are you waiting for going there ?🤪

[@kalevala29]

I think they would look at you like you're crazy.

[@wannabe4668]

Not me, I like toothpaste

[@kalevala29]

@@wannabe4668 It's the wind for me. I think I would lose my mind. I have friends in Finland, and their winters are pretty brutal and long could possibly live there, but it's still too cold. But they have what's called sisu. I'm sure the Inuit have a similar word/concept. Stoic determination, tenacity of purpose, grit, bravery, resilience, but it doesn't translate into English.

[@annepoitrineau5650]

I am oerwhelmed by the beauty of it all. Thank you so much!

[@garychynne1377]

i'm 78 and when i was 3-4years old my father was a policeman in labrador. we lived with the eskimos. they dressed me with mukluks. when i was 20 i asked my dad what he thought of them. i always remember my dad saying they were lovely people.

[@cynicalb]

Absolutely beautiful and precious footage of tribal people ,real life &joy not tainted by colonial propaganda,thank you ,Beannachtai agus gra from Ireland

[@johnbrennan3779]

Your own country is about to perish. Adh mor ort

[@Celeste-in-Oz]

Look how happy they are! Here we are surrounded by comfort and convenience… yet most of us are some combination of depressed, anxious, isolated, fed up, cynical and sick. Humanity took a wrong turn somewhere.

[@sophitran]

Such a beautiful culture and history to share ! Thank you 🙏🏻 you

[@jennifersinclair5988]

Thank you, what a smile this brought to my face and happiness to my heart.

[@t_2756]

Thank you for uploading!

[@annbrush2435]

Another excellent Yestervid production, beautiful!

[@allieeverett9017]

Such happiness and beautiful people in what seems to me a harsh land...but it was their home and they loved it, easy to see. Thank you for this gift.

[@smileyzed3843]

brilliant footage thanku

[@sport07-o2l]

Wish we could learn to be like that again

[@wannabe4668]

Sure if you want to eat raw whale meat, give up electricity, running water, toilet paper toothpaste. Go for it

[@Henrikbuitenhuis]

So amazing. Thanks so so much.

[@BigSmoke89347]

I never thought about humans licking their babies to clean them and then the Chewing the leather to soften both interesting to learn about good video 👍🏻

[@CricketGirrl]

Absolutely incredible footage! Loved the igloos and how happy people seemed.

[@durianexpress2576]

They don't know what is war, just enjoying life peacefully subsisting what nature provides.

[@chrissmith3509]

They most definately did know war.

[@rowbearly6128]

They slaughtered anyone that they found in their territory.

[@cattymajiv]

@@rowbearly6128 Lies. They did know small scale disagreements, but rarely. And they were very friendly to strangers, which was used against them by those strangers. All of the research shows they were very peace loving, and didn't fight unless they had to. Why do you bother to troll like that? A person would have to be pretty twisted to enjoy making up lies about other people.

[@deborahdean8867]

Lots of war. You cant let just anyone hunt your area and cant let just anyone live close.

[@cattymajiv]

@@deborahdean8867 Not lots of war. These people are Inuit. I've read everything that was available, up until about 5 years ago, to laypersons about them. The available info hasn't changed that much, and the circumstances back then certainly hasn't changed. They lived in small groups on the very vast landscape. Mostly along the coastline, in Canada, Alaska, and Greenland, and along the rivers near the coast. They needed the Arctic Char, or large fish from the rivers, and the seals, walrus, and whales from the ocean. So there were less people by far as you went up river and farther inland. On the very edges of the Inuit lands, where it met with forest, there were occasional skirmishes with the Dene. But they relied so much on cooperation for survival, and there were virtually no population pressures as there was in more southerly areas. They saw so few other people that every person they might ever encounter was seen as a potential ally, not an enemy. The idea of wars among them with anyone is simply preposterous. Even smaller battles among 2 families would be very unlikely, though it must have occurred occasionally. But any kind of war just didn't happen. Not over animals or women or anything else. There weren't enough people to have a war, and they were too focused on survival to fight much at all. Every effort was made to keep the peace among them, and with the Dene. People should read up on things before they comment. Making assumptions about things doesn't help anyone.

[@mariaphillips4538]

Awesome I loved watching these amazing people, literally sparkling with zest and joy and Gods grace in their hearts!

[@alejandrorodrigorodrigo3789]

the happiest people who ever live.... beautiful.... masterpiece, unique filming, wonderful,well done

[@terencejamesmusic4126]

Beautiful footage.Thanks

[@direbearcoat7551]

FANTASTIC!!!!! Thank you for this!

[@hazelpearson7807]

This footage was decades ago. The arctic life of the 21st century is very different, the weather has changed only the scenery is the same. Progress and changes just like everywhere else in remote places.

[@arthurmcbride1235]

We know. It's in the title.

[@hazelpearson7807]

@@arthurmcbride1235 you might want to read the comments there are those that haven’t read with understanding the title. I lived in the high arctic in the 70’s even then it wasn’t like this vintage video.

[@arthurmcbride1235]

@@hazelpearson7807 Sorry I only read your comment. I didnt know you were talking to other people.

[@Fairyviewroad]

(Oldest Inuit Footage Ever) it says.

[@wannabe4668]

Yes, today they use four wheelers, snowmobiles and motor boats as well as modern firearms. And they bathe their children instead of licking them clean.

[@athensmajnoo3661]

Thank you so much for taking us through time machine to experience the life of Inuit people 😊😊 It is absolutely fascinating 👍👍

[@hamlltonhope8123]

Simply the best, better than all the rest. In the Antarctic, because it never gets warm enough for rain, one can wear flannel pajamas under a windproof jacket. It was a shock to see a kayaker using what us Australians call a Woomera to propel a spear, the Australian Aborigine have been using these for maybe ten of thousands of years, nobody knows how long. It's unlikely these people ever crossed paths.

[@Alarix246]

Yep, woomera and atlatl, the same thing. We can be sure they were in use for longer than 100 thousand years. The bow and arrows are much younger inventions.

[@kellysouter4381]

They were also in use in Britain in the stone age. And Europe, I think. Everyone had them.

[@carpathiangirl8460]

Not surprising that similar technologies would be invented by different cultures. If you have read Jared Diamonds book Guns, Germans Steel, he talks about how agriculture rose independently in Papua New Guinea as well as the Middle East.

[@hamlltonhope8123]

That is really funny, I thought it was Germs, only recently been in contact with a Papuan fellow and recommended that he read Jared's books, as he had nice things to say about the intelligence of Papuan highlander farmers. Do the Carpathians have a grudge with Germans, or was that a Freudian slip. @@carpathiangirl8460

[@gerardgearon4206]

Just brilliant. thank you.

[@hollyharries5284]

Beautiful. Thankyou for this privileged insight.

[@MichaelHutchings607885]

Absolutely awesome that this popped up in my feed. Just a great video, thanks for sharing.. 👏👏🥴

[@jadpatrick7494]

so playful. And ingenious. This brought me joy. We give ourselves a hard time but humans are pretty amazing.

[@astalyberth]

Thank you, beautiful presentation!

[@marieelena9008]

i am of inupiaq/aleut n i live the old ways to n im proud to be too❤️‍🔥

[@araunapalm]

Thank you!

[@lisabarnes6919]

Wow thank you for sharing so cool! They are beautiful people 🥰

[@scottenosh4548]

Fascinating stuff. They seem to smile a lot. This shows me man isn't getting better and happier, but worse and sicker.

[@daveshen0880]

And they love to laugh alot.

[@juliebates5315]

Such interesting old footage!! ❤🦘

[@stevehurren4864]

Such an amazing full of love insight into true happiness and contentment Thank You.

[@bogtrotter5110]

In such a harsh land, happy people.

[@gebhardmichel8939]

Sehr bewegend! Vielen Dank!🥲🥲🥲😪😪

[@buffalo4127]

Beautiful!

[@finerfinish]

Thanx...ML

[@kristannestone1748]

Are people of this culture really this happy? I hope so!! They're so beautiful.

[@daveshen0880]

The arctic life is hard. In 1827, a danish soldier described cannibalism in east Greenland. Were young hunters killed elders inuit.

[@djquinn11]

@@daveshen0880 : Really? I’ve never heard of cannibalism in that culture before. Given the abundance of wild game such as caribou I’m surprised they would kill and eat one of their elders.

[@balikris]

@@djquinn11 first: there are no caribous in Eastern Greenland. If hunting failed for a longer time the old people might kill themselves by jumping from cliffs or walking out on the ice - so there at least was a little more food for the young people and children. Life was not always just smiles ...

[@cattymajiv]

@@daveshen0880 A Danish soldier in 1827? That's a lie that could be debunked on just that info alone. You should be ashamed of yourself. Tell us what exactly what your source is. Who wrote that? Where did they write it and when? There has been discussion in some of the the books and journals of whether or not it occurred because it's well known that bad migration patterns and unusually long and cold winters did cause starvation and death. But there has never been any proof it happened. There is tons of proof of starvation, but none of cannibalism. It was against their religion. Spirits were a huge part of their world, and they thought they would suffer eternal torment by spirits if they did such a thing. There have been hundreds of claims made by white men that cannibalism occurred world wide. 99% of them are false. One guy lies or misinterprets something and that gets passed down the line, and changed by almost every person who tells it. Even if you believe it, it's still not likely to have happened. In the "Age Of Exploration" the word cannibal was used as a synonym for "savage." Both were untrue when applied to any aboriginal culture. But that's why practically all of those ancient cultures were deemed to be cannibals, and some ignorant people are still very quick to use that word for people they don't understand.

[@cattymajiv]

@@djquinn11 He's either lying himself or passing on a lie, both very mean and irresponsible. The Inuit "religion" forbade it. They were ruled by taboos, so they would suffer torment by spirits for doing it. I'm not officially an expert, but I have read a lot about them, including discussions of how they handled the not infrequent starvation, which was their greatest fear. There has never been proof of any cannibalism. I suppose there could have been isolated cases during extreme weather patterns or failures of migrations of birds, seals, whales, etc when they were really starving. Despite the taboos, there probably were people who were more interested in living than conforming to those taboos. And we don't know if killing an elder to eat them would have been seen by them as being the same as eating a person who had died naturally by starving. But we do know that so far there is no proof it occurred. No bones have ever been found with the distinctive cut marks. That guy just made it up, or is spreading someone else's lies.

[@toko631]

This was an amazing experience to watch truly blessed to see thank you 🙏

[@Joanne-zc6ze]

Thanks 👍😊

[@matthewstokes1608]

Thank you for sharing this. God Bless from Mexico

[@ithacacomments4811]

I visited the Inuit Art Museum in Toronto. Unbelievable!

[@practicalprepper47]

This video is priceless!!😀👍

[@sheilam4964]

Thx for sharing this with the world.

[@WaseemPPervez]

Thank you this golden treasure

[@marpro765]

Wonderful piece of work.

[@YesItsNotMe]

I enjoyed this very much.

[@barrywilliams17]

Awesome vid!!!

[@ANAHATAJADE]

This was very interesting. I hope that thee is more information pertaining to their history. So much we can learn from and understand and cherish.

[@user-yy3gu9me1g]

Un très beau voyage dans l'authentique Pays des glaces . J'ai beaucoup aimé a voir leur habilité à se faire une place dans cette immensité . Merci pour ces images venus de si loin

[@lauradeleon4864]

Beautiful

[@reggierico]

An amazing archive of precious footage of a people we are so unfamiliar with. They had to be smart and ingenious or they would starve and die from the elements. I am proud to occupy the same hemisphere as these wondrous folk.

[@steveroutley9127]

A beautiful race.

[@terrymckenzie8786]

You can drive now up to the Arctic to Tuktoyucktuk. Amazing drive and amazing people you meet living there.

[@raamannair8072]

Wow! This is awesome. Would have been better if there were more details of their life.........how were toilet arrangements, how often did they urinate, how did they dispose of the dead, how long was their lifespan .......and so much more. Saw another one recently about the culture of shared matrimony. A very remarkable focus on human resilience. 👏👏👏👏😍

[@djquinn11]

You seem to be preoccupied with bodily functions.

[@cattymajiv]

@todd danielson Yes he is. The details of how they survived have always fascinated me too, because the conditions were so extreme! In colder winters and bad migration patterns many of them died, despite their genius at survival. I've read everything I can get my hands on about them, but there has not been very much written by or about them, compared to other cultural groups. And especially by them, as even now survival isn't easy. Although in some ways it's much better than before, in other ways it's not at all. Hundreds of years of subjugation has taken a big toll on those wonderful cheerful people. There are more suicides there than down south by a huge amount. It's so sad. But they are educating themselves and standing up for their rights. It's too bad so much of the info about how they used to live has been lost, because they didn't use written language until relatively recently. There are only a few books and other things that were written by whites that lived with them. I can't remember the names of them either. But what is available on Amazon etc is fascinating!

[@faithofamustardseed8198]

I love to learn about the Russians that live nomadically in the far north today. They have similar lifestyles, and those questions are answered in some of the KZbin videos about them.

[@manfredrudolfjust2470]

Ich kann Ihnen leider nur auf deutsch antworten. Es gab einen zwei teiligen russ. Roman der speziell das Leben der sib. Inuit beschreibt. Ein guter Inuit verlässt seine Sippe und geht mit seiner jungen Frau in die Berge um ein selbst gewähltes Leben zu führen. Der Titel des Roman war : ,, Alitet geht in die Berge ''.

[@paulaartandmusic4412]

I love this. My father was part Winnebago. They are a tall, proud people.

[@andrearenee7845]

Beautiful...work.

[@bonjourtoi3894]

Merci ! Des images d'une grande richesse pour l'histoire du l'humanité.