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.
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.....!!!!
@@edwardmacnab354 Have you met Inuits? Of course they can be fierce, but they are very good natured and friendly if you meet them and smile very easily. Also, I was very amazed at their gentle ways with their children. There are a lot of other people who were photographed filmed very early in the history of photography, and who do not smile at all. Smiling in front of the camera is a learnt behaviour actually, and all you need to do is look at old photographs and films to find out.
My mother lived and taught school in Nome in the forties. When she was 75 she returned to visit and brought with her many photos she had taken of the local Inuit. The was much excitement when she gave this treasure to the local community center. So many people excited to see images of people they had never seen but knew of or people who recognized and knew the people in the pictures.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
@@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.
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".
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.
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 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
Incredible footages and pictures 😮 Bring tears 😢 As a canadian, I feel ashamed for what our ancestors did to these great people who always knew better than us how to take care of the environment and how to live in peace. Great short documentary 👌 Respect for all native people, first nations ✌️
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.
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.
Back in the 80's a saw a Russian film about a group of Ainu living on the Sakhalin (sp?) islands between Russia and Japan. They wore fur clothing, lived in communal houses, and used sled dogs! It was really interesting. I can't remember the title, and haven't been able to find it since, sadly.
Nope, they are not related people at all. Ainu people had dark skin, very curly and thick hair, lots of thick beard. deep set eyes. Inuits obviously look Mongolian.
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
My dad recalls owning a polar bear when he was young but fish and wildlife took it away. The mother was caught and left two cubs but the village took in the bears one died and the other was sent out when it got to big and started eating the dogs food in the village. My dad still won't eat polar bear meat to this day. Shared story. Strong resilient ancestors.
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.
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.
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 😢😢😢😢
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Such a wonderful compilation! I remember the film "Nanook of the North" as a child in the 60s. I think that 100 years ago, they had richer lives than most in "civilized " countries. Now in my late 60s, I eat a similar ancestral diet of raw meat, fish, eggs and high fat. I am in the best health of my entire life. I can understand their intelligence, resilience and joy, even later in my life, especially when in nature. Even when She is tough. The old ways were very good!
Absolutely beautiful and precious footage of tribal people ,real life &joy not tainted by colonial propaganda,thank you ,Beannachtai agus gra from Ireland
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
What a beautiful people! The Inuit show us that man has the ability to adapt to any conditions! This is why I’m reassured that we will travel to Mars and beyond and settle other planets and atmospheres, and we will adapt, and most likely have learned from the Inuit people and indigenous peoples before them who collectively advanced civilization just like we will continue to do 🙏 ❤️ if we don’t destroy ourselves first! 😮
Thank you for that lovely compilation! My uncle spent time in the Arctic after WW2, setting up radar stations. He said if he drank a half cup of blubber in the morning, he could go out in shirt sleeves! Amazing how people adapt, and can live in almost any conditions!
I was about 12 years old when my older brother 14 and his friend took me along to our only movie theatre in town. Saturday matinee was where we could enjoy spending our money for mowing grass, delivering newspapers, shoveling snow and allowance for chores at home. Our 25 cent movie & cartoons, with 5 cent candy bars and popcorn was a great treat. One Saturday we watched Nanook of the North. Because we were outside in fields & woods most all the time as kids running wild, we were adventurers. Nanook showed us more and changed my desires to that of outdoors & explori g for my lifetime. I began to read everything I could get my hands on at the library and most was polar exploration, Alaska, Canada and Siberia. I have seen many of these bits of film clips before and only wish for the complete films. This is so rushed and clipped,but still glad I saw it. Thank for keeping these memories alive.
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….
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.
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.
@@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.
In Nunavut they call tents tupiq (singular) tupiit (plural) and also lived in rock and sod houses in summer called qammaq (singular) qammait (plural). I must say, i appreciate reading everyones curiosity and admiration for my people and my cousins. Beautiful video and comment section ❤
@@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.
@@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 ...
@@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.
@@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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.....!!!!
And those are real smiles and laughs, not posing American fake smiles.
you will see that in most so called third world peoples.
everybody smiles a lot when a camera comes out . These guys fought off the Vikings , so , they weren't smiling then .
@@edwardmacnab354 Have you met Inuits? Of course they can be fierce, but they are very good natured and friendly if you meet them and smile very easily. Also, I was very amazed at their gentle ways with their children. There are a lot of other people who were photographed filmed very early in the history of photography, and who do not smile at all. Smiling in front of the camera is a learnt behaviour actually, and all you need to do is look at old photographs and films to find out.
My mother lived and taught school in Nome in the forties. When she was 75 she returned to visit and brought with her many photos she had taken of the local Inuit. The was much excitement when she gave this treasure to the local community center. So many people excited to see images of people they had never seen but knew of or people who recognized and knew the people in the pictures.
I love those beaming smiles. What a beautiful people.
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.
Very hard working folk yet very joyful.
I dont think thats a puppy . I think its a polar bear cub.
@@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.
Comfortably? Not always.
Sophisticated? They were wild and primitive. More animal than human.
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.
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.
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.
@@cattymajivin Ireland and plenty of European countries starvation was also an issue.
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.
@@hazelpearson7807probably why they are all killing themselves. It's like a huge problem with natives in Greenland I know.
Smiling people. Artists, Builders, Musical, Athletic, Loyal familles. Fascinating. Thank you for posting.
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.
Must be proud of your ancestors!! 👍🏼
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
@@amypetra5021 👍🏼
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 ♡♡
@@victoriabenally8319 Not my ancestors but my wife's.
Such a beautiful joyful people! In this film they seem to always be laughing. Thank you for sharing this.
ikr! They're so happy!
Which is amazing considering what a harsh environment they existed in.
And then they were gone
@@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.
Hello from Georgia!!❤
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.
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".
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.
Living free, pure, and happy. At peace with a wild land. Truly amazing people.
Yes, I envy them.
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…
Maybe you could be at the beginning of a new decolonised journey
@@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
@@amypetra5021 i am 66 and have no fam or belonging.
@@DS-nv8bi I’m sorry 😞. Sad thing feeling alone
Bless you all, from Bolivia.
Wonderful people with so much talent, love and compassion. Thanks for producing this video and sharing with the rest of the world.
Incredible footages and pictures 😮 Bring tears 😢 As a canadian, I feel ashamed for what our ancestors did to these great people who always knew better than us how to take care of the environment and how to live in peace.
Great short documentary 👌
Respect for all native people, first nations ✌️
A beautiful and rich culture. Thank you for sharing this with us.
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Hmmmm... evolution also imposed its will on cultures and religions, language and lifestyle.. hmmmm.. I guess nothing stays the same..😔.
What I see the most in this 24 min video is their happy faces and big smiles!
They are laughing at how funny their strange visitors look
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.
I lived with the Yupik Eskimo in Alakanuk Alaska for 4 years. Loved it.
Wish we could all live in a society where people loved and laughed, and were brave and creative
as these people.
Thanks so much for this lovely view of such beautiful people!
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.
Back in the 80's a saw a Russian film about a group of Ainu living on the Sakhalin (sp?) islands between Russia and Japan. They wore fur clothing, lived in communal houses, and used sled dogs! It was really interesting. I can't remember the title, and haven't been able to find it since, sadly.
Nope, they are not related people at all.
Ainu people had dark skin, very curly and thick hair, lots of thick beard.
deep set eyes.
Inuits obviously look Mongolian.
No, they are connected to Siberians.
They look like the purest kindest happiest people of this world. Not contaminated by civilizations cruelty and greed.
Believe what you will.
Absolutely fascinating. They appear to be very happy and family oriented. Lovely.
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
My dad recalls owning a polar bear when he was young but fish and wildlife took it away. The mother was caught and left two cubs but the village took in the bears one died and the other was sent out when it got to big and started eating the dogs food in the village. My dad still won't eat polar bear meat to this day. Shared story. Strong resilient ancestors.
It was a huge privilege for me to see such genuine people and their culture. Thanks for that.
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.
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.
notice the incredible similiarity between their dancing and the haka
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 😢😢😢😢
I wonder if this has been shown to the inuit. To see their family members. What a priceless gift!
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
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.
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.
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.
@@holyworrier Hudson's Bay Co. founded in 1607 through a land grant from the British Crown.
@@ZeldaZorch205 - Thank you. My mistake. I'm misinformed.
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.
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.
Your channel is the absolute best. It's like time traveling to the past.
Thank you for sharing this great footage! Wonderful!
I am oerwhelmed by the beauty of it all. Thank you so much!
A wonderful film. Thank you.
We are still here ❤
Such a wonderful compilation!
I remember the film "Nanook of the North" as a child in the 60s.
I think that 100 years ago, they had richer lives than most in "civilized " countries.
Now in my late 60s, I eat a similar ancestral diet of raw meat, fish, eggs and high fat. I am in the best health of my entire life. I can understand their intelligence, resilience and joy, even later in my life, especially when in nature. Even when She is tough.
The old ways were very good!
Simply wonderful from beginning to end.👏👏👏
What Beautiful and Amazing People. ! God Bless
How cool was that? Such happy people, and so resourceful
Another excellent Yestervid production, beautiful!
brilliant footage thanku
Absolutely beautiful and precious footage of tribal people ,real life &joy not tainted by colonial propaganda,thank you ,Beannachtai agus gra from Ireland
Your own country is about to perish. Adh mor ort
Such a beautiful culture and history to share ! Thank you 🙏🏻 you
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.
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.
Anything by Farley Mowat would be wonderful.
All working as a team , happy , healthy and beautiful people !
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.
Absolutely incredible footage! Loved the igloos and how happy people seemed.
Awesome I loved watching these amazing people, literally sparkling with zest and joy and Gods grace in their hearts!
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.
Thank you, what a smile this brought to my face and happiness to my heart.
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
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.
@@anncoffey8375 cool thanks for telling me
@@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.
@@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.
Thanks for this exciting and comforting video.God bless.
Fascinating stuff. They seem to smile a lot. This shows me man isn't getting better and happier, but worse and sicker.
And they love to laugh alot.
Darwin got it backwards. Mankind is de-evolving into primordial ooze. We see the evidence every day.
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.
the happiest people who ever live.... beautiful.... masterpiece, unique filming, wonderful,well done
Such an amazing full of love insight into true happiness and contentment Thank You.
This is such a treasure, thank you for sharing x
What a beautiful people! The Inuit show us that man has the ability to adapt to any conditions! This is why I’m reassured that we will travel to Mars and beyond and settle other planets and atmospheres, and we will adapt, and most likely have learned from the Inuit people and indigenous peoples before them who collectively advanced civilization just like we will continue to do 🙏 ❤️ if we don’t destroy ourselves first! 😮
Thank you for that lovely compilation! My uncle spent time in the Arctic after WW2, setting up radar stations. He said if he drank a half cup of blubber in the morning, he could go out in shirt sleeves! Amazing how people adapt, and can live in almost any conditions!
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.
I was about 12 years old when my older brother 14 and his friend took me along to our only movie theatre in town. Saturday matinee was where we could enjoy spending our money for mowing grass, delivering newspapers, shoveling snow and allowance for chores at home. Our 25 cent movie & cartoons, with 5 cent candy bars and popcorn was a great treat.
One Saturday we watched Nanook of the North. Because we were outside in fields & woods most all the time as kids running wild, we were adventurers. Nanook showed us more and changed my desires to that of outdoors & explori g for my lifetime. I began to read everything I could get my hands on at the library and most was polar exploration, Alaska, Canada and Siberia.
I have seen many of these bits of film clips before and only wish for the complete films. This is so rushed and clipped,but still glad I saw it. Thank for keeping these memories alive.
Me too! My long comment is above^
Wow thank you for sharing so cool! They are beautiful people 🥰
Quality time travelling ! Merci beaucoup du Québec pour ce documentaire !
Absolutely awesome that this popped up in my feed. Just a great video, thanks for sharing.. 👏👏🥴
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.
so playful. And ingenious. This brought me joy. We give ourselves a hard time but humans are pretty amazing.
Excellent video, I enjoyed it very much. What a fabulous people.❤
Beautiful. Moving .Thank you for posting this.
Thank you so much for taking us through time machine to experience the life of Inuit people 😊😊
It is absolutely fascinating 👍👍
I saw this in 1969 as an introduction to Northern North American Culture... These films where available in 16mm film.
Beautiful upload! Thanks for sharing!
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….
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.
Imagine the quietude, the silence and the stars.
Thank you I learned a new word ! Quietude 🙏🏻
Having been in Alaska for the 1964 Great Quake, Mount Mackinley is still Mount Mackinley, and they are still Eskamos
Beautiful footage.Thanks
Thank You VERY MUCH for this beautiful piece of History , I love everything about this masterpiece ♥️
This is how I would’ve loved to live.
Wonderful sense of community
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.
What are you waiting for going there ?🤪
I think they would look at you like you're crazy.
Not me, I like toothpaste
@@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.
In Nunavut they call tents tupiq (singular) tupiit (plural) and also lived in rock and sod houses in summer called qammaq (singular) qammait (plural).
I must say, i appreciate reading everyones curiosity and admiration for my people and my cousins. Beautiful video and comment section ❤
You can drive now up to the Arctic to Tuktoyucktuk. Amazing drive and amazing people you meet living there.
So amazing.
Thanks so so much.
Such interesting old footage!! ❤🦘
Thank you for sharing this. God Bless from Mexico
Are people of this culture really this happy? I hope so!! They're so beautiful.
The arctic life is hard. In 1827, a danish soldier described cannibalism in east Greenland. Were young hunters killed elders inuit.
@@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.
@@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 ...
@@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.
@@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.
FANTASTIC!!!!!
Thank you for this!
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.
We know. It's in the title.
@@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.
@@hazelpearson7807 Sorry I only read your comment. I didnt know you were talking to other people.
(Oldest Inuit Footage Ever) it says.
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.
Wow, that's just beautiful. A world long gone it seems. I hope somewhere such a life still exists!
Thank you for this look into the past.
Thank you, beautiful presentation!
This was an amazing experience to watch truly blessed to see thank you 🙏
Thank you for the show,😊
Wonderfull and lovely. Good Musik too. Very good work.
Beautiful. Thankyou for this privileged insight.
This was heavy stuff music was great what a beautiful humble people living in that cold windy place... but they had each other
i am of inupiaq/aleut n i live the old ways to n im proud to be too❤️🔥
I visited the Inuit Art Museum in Toronto. Unbelievable!
thank you. very appreciated.
Merci ! Des images d'une grande richesse pour l'histoire du l'humanité.