This is the map of the culture area of the
Subarctic/Arctic area and also shows what
tribes that lived in this area.
Their settlements were diverse but very small so that they were easy to
set up, take down, and move from place to place. Most of their homes
were either lean-tos or double lean-tos. They built it with animal skins
and for the beams wood or whale bones. Some Dene used pit houses,
layers of sod was placed around a foundation built with whalebone and
drift wood. The Native Americans that lived in the Arctic lived in stone
dwellings or houses that were made of blocks of ice. The southernmost
Aleuts built their homes out of wood, bones out of cetaceans, sea
mammals while the northernmost lived in subterranean dwellings
covered with sod.
The wooden fish mask was made by the Yupi'k
people of Alaska. These masks were often used in
rituals and religion and were also a form of art,
they would represent the masks of different
animals. In some religious ceremonies, it was
thought that the person wearing the mask would
take on the spirit of the animal depending on the
mask.
The snowshoes of the Kutchin were
very narrow and could be more than
two feet long. Though Algonquian tribe
preferred them to be oval shaped as it
would be an advantage that allowed
hunters to move more rapidly through
the snow.
The Subarctic people wore soft-tanned hide
The Inuit would use kayaks, a long, narrow,
Moccasins, leggings, shirts and coats in the
small, canoe-shaped skin boats to hunt
summer. Winter sleeping robes were made
walrus. Umiaks were large thirty foot long
of rabbit skins cut into strips, twisted and
boats made of whalebone and skin.
woven together. While the Inuits wore
mostly animal skins and fur to protect them
from the harsh climate. Baleen baskets were made from
Cree purses were edged with colors. The strap
was made out of cotton and the pouch was made
out of wool fabric and was edged with silk. These
th
bags were used in the 18 century and the first
th
half of the 19 century. Its purpose was to hold
shot and smoking paraphernalia.
whale baleen. Thin strips of baleen
were cut and were attached to ivory
disks at the start. A coiling method is
used to sew baleen bands together
ending with a carved ivory knob on a
handle.