Topic - Canada 2
Only at the beginning of
the 19th century were they more permanent trading relations with whale hunters and fur
merchants. Nowadays, the majority of the Inuit live in some 28 remote communities scattered
across the barren landscape of the northern shores of their new territorial mainland and
Arctic islands. Their traditional lifestyles have been changing a lot recently the dogsledge
has been largely replaced by snowmobiles, cars and trucks. Some have central heating,
electricity and plumbing systems in their houses; children go to school; and health service is
provided by the government. There are many different native people throughtout Canada like
the Crees, Mohawks, Troquois and Sioux. In the north of the country, the Inuits now have a
selfgoverning homeland called Nunavut, meaning "our land". It is over two million square
kilometers and it is inhabited by 17,500 Inuits.
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