We also have berries and greens from the wild to add to our diet. I still eat a lot of our nature food from the land and sea. I married a man who is originally a blond, blue eyed German. He has grown to like a lot of our food as it is caught fresh and served when fresh. Furs are also the only garment that will keep you warm the harshest of climate. No man made material can compare to furs.
These people humble me, and make me give thanks for all the things I have that make life so easy and comfortable. I watch them with almost shame for how I've counted all those things I have that I've counted as nothing. They amaze me how they can survive in such a hostile environment
+Кортни Грэхем lol, not really, my grandmother was one of these people, she was diffidently not happy. there is a lot of things that goes unsaid in this dokument. In greenland one of the biggest events in a persons life is their first day of school, not because we care much about school, but because almost every child used to be death before the age of 5. My grandmother was caring for her siblings when her mother and father went out to hunt, and her baby sister died in her arm, she was only 7 at the time, inbreeding was also a huge problem back then, but we do not talk about that, that is taboo.
thank you for completing the video with your own life account. It makes us more human to hear about other people different kind of life struggle. Health is the most important, living a hard life while being healthy and free can bring happiness.
Coming from a desert I can see the similarities both places are inhospitable, barren, and unforgiving places. They are exactly the same thing except they are opposite of two extremes.
That’s a most humble beautiful family...it’s incredible to watch them how they can survive in hostile environment....I’m very highly respected them ...and very touching
Each family member had a Job, The Men and Son would hunt they were taught at a young age, the women gathered made clothing and kept house each job was important, if you were lazy you weren't wanted even if you were appealing lol.
Marvelous :: lm reminded of stories told by an Aleut Eskimo during our time in the military , his Christian name is Erich Morgan . At night Erich would arise sound asleep singing and dancing speaking Inuit with his grandmother in the manner of his people . Erich was a good man , I still remember his adventures of hunting and fishing .
The audio guy probably knew guns didn't sound like that, but old US westerns would often use the classic ricochet sound, so it was normal to use it in many films/docs at that time to represent a gunshot. Most of the other sound effects in this are probably Foley.
Hello from Los Angeles. In 1968 I had an Eskimo roommate in College. He was sent by Bureau of Indian Affairs and later joined the Navy. Joel Uyumnick from the village of Unalakleet. If anyone knows him, let me know. He should be around 70 yr.
I am and was born an Inupiat native of Alaska living off the land. I wish we can turn back time and remain a nation by ourselves instead of Russia taking land and selling what was not theirs. Was hard to grow up with laws made by people who do not understand or know of our ways of survival. We have even less freedom when the land claims went though. Long story. Just telling a little of my thoughts.
I'm an Eskimo and no we dont get offended by being called an Eskimo. We are hard workers and our tradtion must live on even though our new generation provides a lot more than what we use to get back in the days.
@hellerZauberer My dad had the Yupik beaten out of him when he went to school. When ever he spoke his language he had his hands slapped with a ruler...across the knuckles too. I had that done to me when I was in school, but not for speaking my tongue. My dad heard about this and he left work to deal with the principle immediately. Later he told me of how he got his hands slapped. How his dad and his brother and sister in law, brought back dance to our area.
@@orangepenguin7782they receive free healthcare and free education (from kindergarten all the way to university) from the government of Canada (Quebec) because the government had to compensate both the Inuit and Cree people for the genocide and slaughter of Inuit and Cree
@@orangepenguin7782 the government of Quebec wanted to buy the land of the Inuit and the land of the Crees but the tribes debated with the government and they had a stand off agreement in the end the government didn’t buy the land but they made an agreement if they had part of the lands the Inuit and Crees owned the Inuit and Crees would get free healthcare and free education in return for some of their land
I love this documentary. It makes me sad to think that the children could very well be dead by now. I would love to know what the future held for them.
@@odinoky5814 The documentary was made 73 years ago. Harri & Vera were aged about 10 & 8 respectively. That would make them 83-80 years old now (2022). It's more than possible they are still alive.
This footage depicts the natural lifestyle of the Eskimo, a special people who depend on their own skill for survival. They take only what they need..Nothing is wasted. So unlike us "modern " people
young youtubers, these people's lifestyle exist no more. All these documentaries have the status of museum documents giving you a glimpse into a world that was swallowed If you want to oppose the destruction of culture and unique people, you need to stop supporting globalism and international corporatism that wants to make all people boringly identical so they can sell you their junk devices. If you own a smartphone especially iphone you contributed to the destruction of world cultures.
Something very interesting about the Inuit is that they are able to live on an almost all meat and fish diet with out having any heart disease or any of the common diseases associated with such a diet
Thanks, when I was Traveling I overheard 2 men saying we hunt only for the ivory and skins, I got mad that they thought that and I told them we do not hunt just for those things nothing on the animal is wasted yes we may sell skins or carved ivory it helps but that doesn't mean we throw the meat away, my Grandfather taught me at a young age he always told me Respect the Animal always apologize and give thanks cause they have feelings too they're like us but we need to eat to survive, I remember getting scolded when I was scared to finish my kill He told me don't make it suffer like that and I've never seen him mad except for that time, from then on I made sure i wouldn't do that again.
Things have really changed for the Alaskan Native people. They have the Internet and drug addiction like the rest of the world. They have struggled to hold onto their traditions. Fortunately, there are Native people that are concerned about that, and much has been preserved.
First, in this video, Inuit Kamiks(sealskin boots) are waterproof and the hunter could easily walk in the water without bother but would have hunted with a real kayak or in group, with a large open REAL umiak...Parkas have the face shielded without the fancy long haired ring and be inside out caribou skin... (Coppermine Inuits hunted caribous all winter without ANY fire) Few old time Inuits had rifles and they still hunted polar bears with spears and ivory knives! Inuit Igloos used no fabric etc
Love this boys ,very well put together film, for at the time it is ahead of the time , and dad is a good shot ,never took a rest much to shoot ,I'm watching it again ,amazing how so close to starvation, if everyone doesn't help ,or bad luck happens , family as it should be ,a lost way of life that could destroy us if ,it comes to it ,and may
Interesting and well done documentary (considering it was 1949). I live in Northern Maine and have experienced quite cold weather, but up there it is COLD!
No need for fridge or freezer. No need for air-conditioning. Animal fur coats way a lot better than synthetics from popular brands. No boss. No deadline. This is what life should be
Does your a"ss realise if the place was over populated the temperature will rise eventually destroying the habitat as well as the fact that their will be a huge hunger crisis?
My parents grew up this way before fish and game was put in. I grew up this way as fish and game started to dictate to us when, how, or what to hunt or fish. Violating their law was bought into the court system. Discouraged a lot of our youth growing up starting in the late eighties as fish and game became more aggressive in asserting their authority. Yes, my time of happiness is when I am out gathering our food from the land.
i love and respect all cultures , we the in the modern society, tend to feed ourselves with rubbish junk foods , which causes cancers, and high heart diseases etc ..the eskimos have got there priorities right i think , and im british ..well done to the eskimo culture...would love to live there way for a while , but id take any advice from them, other wise, i would soon perish in a hostile and isolated enviroment..
Interesting video. Obviously, it was made before Alaska became a U.S. state in 1959, since the narrator refers to Alaska as a U.S. "territory". But the sheer resourcefulness of mankind never ceases to amaze me. If a person can survive in that environment, then he can survive anywhere. Got bless these forgotten American citizens.
I think we should not romanticise what native life might have been before European contact for the Inuit. Life must surely have been quite hard... the arctic is an extreme environement, and there is ample evidence to show that famine and short life expectancy was in the cards in many region of the arctic BEFORE european arrival...
Yes, our lives were hard, and many died because of disease, introduced by Norwegian explorers, which has them in our country as early as the 1500's. Many surviving artifacts and number of sod houses lead to over 1500 in Tigigak, or Point Hope. Barrow had much less people but were non-the-less resourceful, famines were only introduced by western contact, that gave them cholera, and other disease like sphylis, and gonerea. Thousands died when yankee whalers brought disease, you can still see the piles of bones where the Inuits had died from that contact, the famines were because the hunters usually were the first to die, because they had been utilized for their whaling expertise that killed instantly with only long lances. Many harpoon heads have been found in modern day whales that when tested with carbon14 were found to be 250 year old whales, many of our whalers told them that whales were living up to 500 years, but scientist laughed. But, by the grace of God we were vindicated by these ancient harpoons still intact with these old whales.
Can we take a moment to appreciate Father's mad skills with that grappling hook. Impressive.
Ppp
My Grandfather was pretty good at it too
Ikr??? I'm so amazed... I feel like a soft, detached from nature simp.
Very good.👍
Pretty impressive with the rifle too
Please keep this tradition alive. Greetings and love from Ireland
One of the most fascinating videos I ever saw. What a wonderful natural life. Draws you to want to be there.
We also have berries and greens from the wild to add to our diet. I still eat a lot of our nature food from the land and sea. I married a man who is originally a blond, blue eyed German. He has grown to like a lot of our food as it is caught fresh and served when fresh. Furs are also the only garment that will keep you warm the harshest of climate. No man made material can compare to furs.
where are you from
These people humble me, and make me give thanks for all the things I have that make life so easy and comfortable. I watch them with almost shame for how I've counted all those things I have that I've counted as nothing. They amaze me how they can survive in such a hostile environment
They choose to live life like this. It isnt a burden for them, its simply a way of life. You dont have to feel sorry for anyone
@@juice8431they're just built different
Awesome quality documentary for 1949. I love that the Eskimo boy is the one narrating rather than some outsider.
Or a robotic voice. 😎
Very hard life. Takes a lot of work and hardship for this people just to survive.
I feel sympathy and respect for them.
+Honesty Fenix They are definitely incredible people and they are known to be the happiest on earth too!
+Кортни Грэхем lol, not really, my grandmother was one of these people, she was diffidently not happy. there is a lot of things that goes unsaid in this dokument. In greenland one of the biggest events in a persons life is their first day of school, not because we care much about school, but because almost every child used to be death before the age of 5. My grandmother was caring for her siblings when her mother and father went out to hunt, and her baby sister died in her arm, she was only 7 at the time, inbreeding was also a huge problem back then, but we do not talk about that, that is taboo.
thank you for completing the video with your own life account. It makes us more human to hear about other people different kind of life struggle. Health is the most important, living a hard life while being healthy and free can bring happiness.
Sitting on computer 24 hours a day eating sugar kill you .
@@enanden9025 thanks for sharing your grandma memories with us, I really hope things will get better for the Arctic original people.
Coming from a desert I can see the similarities both places are inhospitable, barren, and unforgiving places. They are exactly the same thing except they are opposite of two extremes.
Another similarity is regions with harsh climates have smaller populations.
I've watched this 5 times already and its always a bummer when it comes to an end.
Why
That’s a most humble beautiful family...it’s incredible to watch them how they can survive in hostile environment....I’m very highly respected them ...and very touching
A well produced video with a treasure chest of cultural and historical information.
fasx56
My dad & grandma are from Point Hope,I wish they lived long enough to tell me of my family.nThis gives me alot of insight, thanks.
Fine gentlemen taking care of his beautiful family
I'm sure their doing their part
Coyote killa it is beautiful isn’t it?
Each family member had a Job,
The Men and Son would hunt they were taught at a young age, the women gathered made clothing and kept house each job was important, if you were lazy you weren't wanted even if you were appealing lol.
hehehe
I LOVE this!!! This was made the year I was born...how much things have changed!!!
Nice..!
The good old days
You dead
Very nice to see people from another part of the world how they live. Great video thanks for sharing
Thank you for posting this video,I enjoyed watching it.
No peta here ...
I love the fake sound of the bullet ricocheting off...the water? 😂
Marvelous :: lm reminded of stories told by an Aleut Eskimo during our time in the military , his Christian name is Erich Morgan . At night Erich would arise sound asleep singing and dancing speaking Inuit with his grandmother in the manner of his people . Erich was a good man , I still remember his adventures of hunting and fishing .
👍
greetings from Scotland - fascinating movie :-) and even worse weather than us! But that howling wind is too familiar.
😊👍
Nice video with historical information,
Beautiful family and their traditional hunting, a good piece of knowledge for me
Odd choice of sound dubbing for the gun (sound of a ricochet). Chosen by a person who has never heard a gun fire.
What if the seal was wearing armor plating?
The audio guy probably knew guns didn't sound like that, but old US westerns would often use the classic ricochet sound, so it was normal to use it in many films/docs at that time to represent a gunshot.
Most of the other sound effects in this are probably Foley.
love this. life was so different back in the day. thanks for putting on youtube buddy
And still is like that, you can see it in Life Below Zero
Hello from Los Angeles. In 1968 I had an Eskimo roommate in College. He was sent by Bureau of Indian Affairs and later joined the Navy. Joel Uyumnick from the village of Unalakleet. If anyone knows him, let me know. He should be around 70 yr.
Fascinating how people can go from this to desert nomads, humanity can live and flourish anywhere given time
It's 2021 but Never get tired of watching this video ❤️
Lovely family
They look to be from nwt Alaska or Nunavik. We don't have that style of parkas in Nunavut
eskimos are hard working people ! :)
kind a of a pleonasm. There would be no surviving lazy eskimo.
THE INUIT.
Not anymore.
The welfare state has destroyed their values and traditions.
I am and was born an Inupiat native of Alaska living off the land. I wish we can turn back time and remain a nation by ourselves instead of Russia taking land and selling what was not theirs. Was hard to grow up with laws made by people who do not understand or know of our ways of survival. We have even less freedom when the land claims went though. Long story. Just telling a little of my thoughts.
I'm an Eskimo and no we dont get offended by being called an Eskimo. We are hard workers and our tradtion must live on even though our new generation provides a lot more than what we use to get back in the days.
Google search ....Tuktu.... true life eskimos
I'm a Navajo who is currently in Alaska, hanging out with the Natives. Muktuk is the bomb!
Yooo man can i have your instagram
from a native of New Zealand...i wish you and your people well brother...!
We its actually pronounced mungtak but yeah mainlanders spell it and pronounce it Muktak
@hellerZauberer My dad had the Yupik beaten out of him when he went to school. When ever he spoke his language he had his hands slapped with a ruler...across the knuckles too. I had that done to me when I was in school, but not for speaking my tongue. My dad heard about this and he left work to deal with the principle immediately. Later he told me of how he got his hands slapped. How his dad and his brother and sister in law, brought back dance to our area.
Inuits or eskimos , are actually not as closely related to native Americans as one would think . They're actually mongolian descendants.
We share a common cultural ancestor with the Mongolians. Also Inuits is not a word Inuit is already plural.
the children are so cute.
similar to koreans
@@goognamgoognw6637 makes sense
@@goognamgoognw6637 No .... Korean face is made by plastic surgery. lol
But then something happends, when they get older.
Children? They're probably in their 90s now
It's hard to believe they were still living like that in 1949 .
Jamal Al-Uqdah I would expect them to be the surviving ones if any because they’re so isolated up there that diseases may not have reached them.
I got a question do there inuit people get educated?
@@orangepenguin7782they receive free healthcare and free education (from kindergarten all the way to university) from the government of Canada (Quebec) because the government had to compensate both the Inuit and Cree people for the genocide and slaughter of Inuit and Cree
@@orangepenguin7782 the government of Quebec wanted to buy the land of the Inuit and the land of the Crees but the tribes debated with the government and they had a stand off agreement in the end the government didn’t buy the land but they made an agreement if they had part of the lands the Inuit and Crees owned the Inuit and Crees would get free healthcare and free education in return for some of their land
The good old days! When ppl were strong and respected each other
The group I lived with still hunt similar to how they have in the past. Obviously using guns now, but many methods similar and the same game animals.
Lebo leigh Leigh and the white man also slaughtered thousands of their sled dogs on baffin island your point?
@@nsdtgabe4082 I guess he thinks they wouldn't be able to hunt without them lol.
Best fisher man I ever saw! So precise!
Hi there.. how are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe??????
I love this documentary. It makes me sad to think that the children could very well be dead by now. I would love to know what the future held for them.
The children are hardly alive
@@odinoky5814 The documentary was made 73 years ago. Harri & Vera were aged about 10 & 8 respectively. That would make them 83-80 years old now (2022). It's more than possible they are still alive.
I wonder where they are today?
How can anyone get angry after watching this? Just write nice comments please. Such a lovely piece of film that will be a treasure forever.
Dang ,I love this , dad always gets his family through ,wait mom does as much or more
"... or more ... " The Hell Do YOU Know jimmy ? Relax And Just Enjoy The Doc
God what I would give to have a day or an hour or even a few moments to just have a discussion with these people amazing
Love the sound design
18:54 this guy is getting down! great documentary, really enjoyed it.
This footage depicts the natural lifestyle of the Eskimo, a special people who depend on their own skill for survival. They take only what they need..Nothing is wasted. So unlike us "modern " people
Very interesting video it's so nice to see other cultures. Thank you for sharing
young youtubers, these people's lifestyle exist no more. All these documentaries have the status of museum documents giving you a glimpse into a world that was swallowed If you want to oppose the destruction of culture and unique people, you need to stop supporting globalism and international corporatism that wants to make all people boringly identical so they can sell you their junk devices. If you own a smartphone especially iphone you contributed to the destruction of world cultures.
@@goognamgoognw6637 You should ask an eskimo if they prefer modern civilization
Kenshin Dionio No, *you* should ask the entire native american Indians if they like what "moderm"
civilization did to them.
Enfin des vrais images , ça fait du bien ,merci beaucoup 🔥💕♥️🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵
@skooltech it's called a "sod-house" it's not fake, just more a little bit of modern mixed with culture.. we all adapt to the living arraignments..
Something very interesting about the Inuit is that they are able to live on an almost all meat and fish diet with out having any heart disease or any of the common diseases associated with such a diet
That’s cause they eat little & move a lot. Now they eat a lot & move little.
Now I talk a lot & move little, the end is near.
It is not fat that causes health problems. Its sugar.
A Very beautiful family. I’m an animal lover but I understand.
Thanks, when I was Traveling I overheard 2 men saying we hunt only for the ivory and skins, I got mad that they thought that and I told them we do not hunt just for those things nothing on the animal is wasted yes we may sell skins or carved ivory it helps but that doesn't mean we throw the meat away, my Grandfather taught me at a young age he always told me Respect the Animal always apologize and give thanks cause they have feelings too they're like us but we need to eat to survive, I remember getting scolded when I was scared to finish my kill
He told me don't make it suffer like that and I've never seen him mad except for that time, from then on I made sure i wouldn't do that again.
Thumbs up, this documentary is priceless.
So lovely. .Thank you so much for this wonderful video. ...
Thank you so much, that is indeed a treasure.
The lifestyle depicted here isn't the 'natural lifestyle' of the original Eskimo.. notice the gun, the wooden house, and western foods?
Things have really changed for the Alaskan Native people. They have the Internet and drug addiction like the rest of the world. They have struggled to hold onto their traditions. Fortunately, there are Native people that are concerned about that, and much has been preserved.
Yeah but it’s really hard to score.
Drugs are bad
How dynamic is that man❄️
How dynamic is this one th-cam.com/video/OODnFvYXqYM/w-d-xo.html
How do they check there facebook?
Hi
Imagine leaving your home for who knows how long with a dog sled without your phone and headphones. Crazy man
superb documentary, beautifully filmed, thank you very much
I’m from point hope!
To me it's beautiful life. I love it
Yeah right.....spoken via a smartphone 😜
such innocence in his voice. Her joy because of her stove. May God have mercy upon all of us.
Loves these people they’re hard working and traditional ways
Wow. Excellent 👏🤝👍👌. Great family. Great life
Precious documentary.
Very informative.
First, in this video, Inuit Kamiks(sealskin boots) are waterproof and the hunter could easily walk in the water without bother but would have hunted with a real kayak or in group, with a large open REAL umiak...Parkas have the face shielded without the fancy long haired ring and be inside out caribou skin...
(Coppermine Inuits hunted caribous all winter without ANY fire) Few old time Inuits had rifles and they still hunted polar bears with spears and ivory knives!
Inuit Igloos used no fabric etc
You mean like th-cam.com/video/OODnFvYXqYM/w-d-xo.html
Beautiful people!
LMAO at the sound overlays. Whistling wind every time they showed an outside screen, and especially the ricocheting bullets off of water.
I watched this in geography class 🥶👏🏻
Thank you for posting this.
Love this boys ,very well put together film, for at the time it is ahead of the time , and dad is a good shot ,never took a rest much to shoot ,I'm watching it again ,amazing how so close to starvation, if everyone doesn't help ,or bad luck happens , family as it should be ,a lost way of life that could destroy us if ,it comes to it ,and may
Interesting and well done documentary (considering it was 1949). I live in Northern Maine and have experienced quite cold weather, but up there it is COLD!
These must be the most well off eskimos! On all other documentaries they hardly have a home to stay.
Great filming 👍👍
No need for fridge or freezer. No need for air-conditioning. Animal fur coats way a lot better than synthetics from popular brands. No boss. No deadline. This is what life should be
Does your a"ss realise if the place was over populated the temperature will rise eventually destroying the habitat as well as the fact that their will be a huge hunger crisis?
One of the very first native americans
Excellent film. They adjust to a hard life and they thrive
My parents grew up this way before fish and game was put in. I grew up this way as fish and game started to dictate to us when, how, or what to hunt or fish. Violating their law was bought into the court system. Discouraged a lot of our youth growing up starting in the late eighties as fish and game became more aggressive in asserting their authority. Yes, my time of happiness is when I am out gathering our food from the land.
Great information bessie. thank you.
That was lovely to see. I wonder what it was like before the guns and the trading post and the modern dress material.
This should give a slight idea.th-cam.com/video/OODnFvYXqYM/w-d-xo.html
This film was made one year after I was born. Now most of their traditional life is gone forever. That is so sad.
Wow. American Eskimo are so much wealthier than Canadian Eskimo. The benefits of trade are astounding.
i am an ofspring of the berrong family, my eskimo children are doing good in the trucking business. what a dance
i'll say one thing, after living a laborious and boring life, the kid sure learned to be a pretty good dancer!
Beautiful beautiful film. Thank you
i love and respect all cultures , we the in the modern society, tend to feed ourselves with rubbish junk foods , which causes cancers, and high heart diseases etc ..the eskimos have got there priorities right i think , and im british ..well done to the eskimo culture...would love to live there way for a while , but id take any advice from them, other wise, i would soon perish in a hostile and isolated enviroment..
I wonder how these people first arrived to live in such an inhospitable place where theres nothing to eat but meat and fish
3:17
Korean language.
둏아 둑것네.
= 좋아 죽겠네.
= 기분이 매우 좋다.
These people are so amazing 🤩 I'm in awe. I feel like a fat, lazy, soft simp. But in the best way. Makes me want to get back in touch with nature
😍
It's so cold that bullets ricochet off the water even in the summertime.
Haha!!!
@wildersara
Darn. I never saw or read of a one-man umiak (05:30) paddled with a kayak paddle before. That's a new one.
What a great anthopological footage!
I wonder if there are people living like that after 60 years?
7:55 Only one store? That's illegal. Break up that monopoly!
Interesting video. Obviously, it was made before Alaska became a U.S. state in 1959, since the narrator refers to Alaska as a U.S. "territory". But the sheer resourcefulness of mankind never ceases to amaze me. If a person can survive in that environment, then he can survive anywhere. Got bless these forgotten American citizens.
Sorry for the typo. I meant God bless, not Got bless.
I think we should not romanticise what native life might have been before European contact for the Inuit. Life must surely have been quite hard... the arctic is an extreme environement, and there is ample evidence to show that famine and short life expectancy was in the cards in many region of the arctic BEFORE european arrival...
You don't think life looks hard in this video?
Yes, our lives were hard, and many died because of disease, introduced by Norwegian explorers, which has them in our country as early as the 1500's. Many surviving artifacts and number of sod houses lead to over 1500 in Tigigak, or Point Hope. Barrow had much less people but were non-the-less resourceful, famines were only introduced by western contact, that gave them cholera, and other disease like sphylis, and gonerea. Thousands died when yankee whalers brought disease, you can still see the piles of bones where the Inuits had died from that contact, the famines were because the hunters usually were the first to die, because they had been utilized for their whaling expertise that killed instantly with only long lances. Many harpoon heads have been found in modern day whales that when tested with carbon14 were found to be 250 year old whales, many of our whalers told them that whales were living up to 500 years, but scientist laughed. But, by the grace of God we were vindicated by these ancient harpoons still intact with these old whales.
They look happy and contented
awsom people my ancestors eh
See how straight that little girl's teeth were? Nothing like people from Europe.