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The Arctic
The Arctic culture area, a cold, flat, treeless region (actually a frozen desert) near the Arctic Circle in present-day Alaska, Canada and Greenland, was home to the Inuit and the Aleut.
Both groups spoke, and continue to speak, dialects descended from what scholars call the Eskimo-Aleut language family.
Because it is such an inhospitable landscape, the Arctic’s population was comparatively small and scattered.
Some of its peoples, especially the Inuit in the northern part of the region, were nomads, following seals, polar bears and other game as they migrated across the tundra.
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In the southern part of the region, the Aleut were a bit more settled, living in small fishing villages along the shore.
Did you know? According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are more than 9 million Native Americans and Alaska Natives in the United States today.
That’s nearly 3 percent of the population.
The Inuit and Aleut had a great deal in common. Many lived in dome-shaped hou