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Jan 1, 1000
The Arctic Starts to Warm Up
This is when the Arctic began to get warmer and groups of Natives migrated south. -
Jan 1, 1400
Inuits Reach the Atlantic Coast
This is where the Inuits started whaling. They ate the meat of the whale and used the bones to built thier houses. They also had many military advantages because they had dogs and boats. -
Jan 1, 1500
The Inuits Move South
The Inuits moved south, looking for more placed where there was food to eat. -
Jan 1, 1576
European Documentation
This is when the first European documentations of encounters with Inuits took place. -
Commercial Whaling Begins
This is important because whales were a very big staple for the Inuit tribes. -
Mini Ice Age
This is when a mini ice age caused the Thule to break up. This could have been where the small nomadic groups began to form the tribes of the Inuits in Alaska. -
A trading route is established at the Richmond Gulf.
This is very important because now Inuit artifacts and food can be traded and their culture can spread. -
Trading of Small Stone Carvings
This is when the small stone carvings were beginning to go out in the market of trading. This is also when trading of glass beads started as well. Women used these beads to decorate parkas. -
English Whalers Introduce Inuits to European Goods
This is important because now the Inuits know what they want to trade and they might need those certain goods. -
Vikings Settle in Greenland
The Vikings Settle in Greenland, while the Inuits begin to move east.
