How long have inuits been around

This new study shows that not only did this group have different traditions and culture from the area's later populations but it was genetically distinct from them, as well. That lack of genetic mixing was a huge surprise, said Eske Willerslev, an evolutionary biologist and co-author of the study, in a press conference.

The Paleo-Eskimo people lived in small villages populations of just 20 to 30 scattered across the Arctic, said Bill Fitzhugh , another co-author and an archaeologist at the National Museum of Natural History.

In order for these societies to survive for 4, years in isolation, he suggested, they must have been very traditional—extremely connected to the land and the resources they used to survive. Researchers still have no idea how exactly they disappeared—whether it was violence, disease or some unknown factor that wiped them out. Browse culture and nature outdoor, hunting, fishing, cruises related activities, as well as combination of both types.

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Join the adventure! Ilulissat Icefjord Centre. More related articles. Keep Exploring. Our challenge is to rebuild an understanding of our past by using all of the information we have from our legends, our lived experiences, our knowledge about the Arctic and Subarctic environments and its wildlife, and information now available to us through archeology. The majority of the 65, Inuit in Canada live in Inuit Nunangat, with one-quarter of our population living outside its borders.

Of those living outside Inuit Nunangat, about half live in towns or cities. Inuit co-manage our homelands with the federal, provincial and territorial governments through our constitutionally protected land claims agreements. More than a third of the 53 communities in Inuit Nunangat have populations under people and most can only be reached by air year-round and by air and sea during the summer.

Our population is very young and one of the fastest-growing in the country. Canadian Inuit are the largest non-Crown landowners in Canada. It is important to remember that shipping routes through the Northwest Passage pass through Inuit Nunangat. The governance structure of each of our four regions is outlined in constitutionally-protected land claims agreements. We have extensive surface, subsurface, onshore and offshore rights in the North, and with these rights we hold complex decision-making roles and responsibilities in the management of our lands and waters.

We are a circumpolar people, numbering approximately , Inuit spread across Chukotka Russia , Alaska, Canada and Greenland. Inuit own or have jurisdiction over half the Arctic; we are the largest Indigenous landholders in the world. Search Search. Go Back.