[Eskimo man profile photo] Eskimos, also known as Inuit, belong to the Arctic type of the Mongol race. At present, the Eskimos are mainly distributed in and around the Arctic Circle from Siberia and Alaska to Greenland, involving countries such as the United States, Canada and Russia. (This is a set of photos of the Eskimos who lived in Alaska, USA a hundred years ago, and if you look closely at these photos, you will find that these Eskimos are all yellow-skinned, and their ancestors are from China?) The photo was taken by Francis Carpenter. ）
The Eskimos have a long history, but there is no written record of this race. According to scholars, those who arrived in the Americas from the Bering Strait of the Eskimos about 10,000 years ago may have reached the Americas through the frozen Strait Land Bridge. Living in bitter cold, the Eskimos had a short life expectancy and made a living from fishing and hunting. Therefore, it is also a miracle that the Eskimos have been passed down through the generations.
Compared with other races, the Eskimos have a wide face, a prominent cheekbone, well-developed folds at the corners of the eyes, short limbs, and a large torso. In general, the Eskimos are short and rugged, and few are more than 168 meters tall, which is suitable for conserving the heat of the body, which in turn facilitates life in extremely cold natural conditions.
【Eskimos group photo】 The harsh natural environment makes the Eskimos live a group life. The Eskimos fished and hunted for a living, but they distributed the prey they caught to everyone. For a long time, the Eskimos did not use money and were completely closed and self-sufficient in a natural economic state. Today, in addition to seasonal hunting, Eskimos also run small tourism-related businesses, such as selling souvenirs and taking tourists to experience ice fishing.
[Eskimo Adult Man] Today, whaling is banned in various countries around the world, but Eskimos have been whaling for more than a thousand years and continue to this day. At the end of March, the whaling boats of the Eskimo tribe are all ready, at least 70% of the men are on the whaling team, and some women cook for the whaling team. These whaling teams will appear in places where whales are frequent, choose favorable terrain, camp and wait for the hunt.
[Eskimo Children] data show that the word "Eskimos" was first called by the Indians of North America, implying "people who love raw meat". Obviously, this title clearly has a pejorative connotation. When I consulted the data, I found that as early as the beginning of this century, the Eskimos issued a statement to the world, and since then the official documents have called "Inuit" or "Eskimos".
The Eskimos' igloos are another feature of this race. When you think of an igloo, people shudder and shiver at the thought of living in it, but it's not. The igloos are made of ice cubes, each with a circle of ice, shrinking inwards, and the circle becomes smaller and smaller, and finally forms a closed, hemispherical dome in which people will be much warmer than if they were carried on the open snow.
[Eskimo mother and child] Eskimos clothes are thick and sewn for animal fur, the most common are reindeer skins, bearskins, fox skins, seal skins and other clothes. The Eskimos wore such clothes and could withstand temperatures of minus thirty or forty degrees Celsius, which were the result of human adaptation to the natural environment.
On the eve of their death, the Eskimos will be sent to the iceberg in the sea and left to fend for themselves. These old people either freeze to death, or starve to death or fall into the sea and drown. This approach, which is almost suicidal, is a tradition, believing that when the elderly die in this way, they will enter another world with dignity, and this is also a glorious exit, rather than gradually becoming a burden on the family.
According to the latest reports, the total number of Eskimos is currently about 80,000, and there are 18,000 Eskimos in the Canadian Arctic Circle, which is the largest gathering place. These Eskimos are increasingly influenced by modern civilization, and some Eskimos have lived in fixed wooden houses and used modern living and production equipment.