Eskimo Ice Fishing

When the Eskimos went ice fishing they had a box and a rod. Inside the box was bait, knife, rod and string. The type bait was the Eskimos used was always live bait so the fish would come. When they used live bait, it was mostly worms. If you were smart you would check to make sure the ice was strong enough to walk on so you would not fall in. As the Eskimo would wait for there fish to come up they would sit on the box so they did not get cold. Also so they did not go through the ice as easy. Most of the time when the Eskimos went ice fishing they would sit there for hours and wait a bit and try to not let it got. Most Eskimos went ice fishing by themselves so if they went under not a lot of people would hear them. When spring came they did not dare to walk on the ice. Eskimo ice fishing would also include several different concepts, like the hunting of seals and sea lions for their oil and fur, and also the exploitation of these animals to capture fish. Seals and sea lions are left free but harnessed and their throats bound with cord. When they swam underwater to catch fish, the cords would prevent them from swallowing their catch. The actual Eskimo ice fishing practice is really no different from today’s methods, chipping a hole in the ice and putting the lure through. Eskimo fishermen would catch all the fish they can, stringing unconsumed fish and drying them in the sun. They would salt these fishes and store them over periods as long as a year.

hunting

e Eskimos had many ways for hunting.The animal that the Eskimos hunted the most was the whale for there mouth, blubber and bone.Eskimo were great hunters. When the Eskimos went fishing they would cut a hole on the ice and sit on the box. As they wait they sit quietly and wait for the fish to come and bit on the bait. When they went hunting fir walrus and seal they died seal and walrus was to heavy for the Eskimos to carry so they would have the dogs carry them on the sled. The Eskimos had many hunting techniques for hunting. They could sit for hours without success. It required a lot of skill and patience. You had to be very quick to be able to do this. A fisherman must act quickly to catch it when a fish swims into view. Eskimos also usually caught Arctic char and Arctic trout. In spring when the seals were out on the ice. Eskimos would hide behind fabric sheets to stalk the seals. They used spears to hunt the seals. THe way the Eskimos got walrus and seal is they would go out in the kayaks. Somehow they would not flip and lose the seal.

weapons

The Eskimos had many weapons. They used Spears to stab animals. They also used something called a Bola. The Bola was a weapon used by aboriginal people throughout America in the past. Those in the south made their Bolas from many local materials. The Inuit made theirs from bone and sinew. The Bola was whirled overhead and thrown at animals’ legs to tangle it up. This prevented an animal from escaping. The caribou is a good example of an animal the Inuit would use the Bola for. It is no longer used for hunting, but it still has a use. Sometimes the Gauchos (another tribe) use it to herd cattle. The more respect that went into crafting the knife, harpoon-head or other weapon, the more successful the hunter would be. The hunter could also trick animals or subdue them by enlisting spiritual aid. He made his weapons from materials familiar and comforting to his prey, and he called on spirit-helpers by decorating his hunting equipment with images of his quarry's natural predators. This imparted the predator's strength, power, or swiftness to the hunter or his weapons.

shelter

The Eskimos had a few ways of make houses for the seasons. When they made things to sleep in they made tents. In the summer they make tents because of the weather was warmer. In the winter they would use sod houses, which are igloo. A sod was made out of ice and snow to make a warm spot in the sod house. The sod house kept them very warm in the winter when it was in the negatives. A tent kept them cooler in the summer when it was hotter out and the was not much snow on the ground. The tent was made of skin. Any animal that they killed became a peace of cloth or something to make tents. In the winter the Eskimos lived in sod house on the sea ice in winter they hunted seals and walruses. In autumn, Inuit caught large numbers of fish; and fish and meat were dried in preparation for the winter months. Plants and bird eggs gathered in the warmer months supplemented a diet of meat and fish. When spring arrived, Inuit moved off the sea ice and dispersed in to smaller family groups. They traveled to inland hunting grounds where there were caribou, muskoxen and fish. Summer life was more nomadic with tents and other belongings carried on their backs and their dogs.

Transpertation

The Eskimo people have many ways to travel the icy lands. The Eskimos used dogs for transportation. The type of dog the native used in the artic are Husky. The was a strong dog that would pull a sled about 20 mph with. The way they traveled with the dogs and they would attach them to the sled and hook the dogs together and the mushier would stand on the back of the sled and try not to fall off and because the sleds were pulled by dogs they could go over ice and snow. These sled that could stand up in any weather were made of wood that was build of trees. There were many other ways to build sleds they would use whale mouth and animal bone. As the Eskimo left and came back they left landmarks to help them find where they are. They would leave landmarks like tree marking. Like with a knife they would make a line. Bushes they would cut a branch and then leave and find it again. On long trips the dogs became pack animals and would carry all the heavy stuff. All the died food, bait and supplies was in the dogs back. When the Eskimos where lost and it was night they would look up at the sky and look at the stars. So if they wanted to go north and they were lost they would find the North Star. Then they would know every direction and the compass rose.

Basketball game

Last Saturday I had a basketball game. we played the green team. It was battle we were a head the whole game but not by much they were coming back into the game but we stopped them. They would of done but we stop there 2 best players> It also help when they don`t make any shots. At the end of the game the score was 45-31 we won. later i went over to quintens house with oakley and we airsoft in he dark it was fun but i was crolling on the ground and i got wet then after we air softed we went to play xbox.then we played halo1 head to head. Then at about 7:00 i went home.

On thrusday I have a basketball game against Will Russel tam. Every time we have played them we have won. My team is the best we only have lost once and won 5 times.
Last saturday the Seahawks played the Rams.It was a close gamein the last secondsof the game 4 and goal seahawks had the lead but if the rams scored they would be up by 2. And we would have about 25 secords to get into field goal range so Josh brown could pop in a 45 yarder.But we stoped them because it was there back up QB and he fumbled on the 3 yard line and ran it to the 5 yard line so all we had to do is knee it and we win it was a close game. The seahawks have not lost to the rams sceens the 2004 season. The seahawks better do better in nexts week game and or in the playoffs, because we are the leaders in our devsision.so if we keep winning we will make the playoffs. We might make another run to the superbowl.

Stop Frame Reflection Essay

Taylor Todd
American Studies
November 6, 2007


Stop Frame Reflection Essay


For my project I did Vasco Nunez de Balboa. He was a explore who ended up in Hispaniola coming from Spain. The time my partner and me worked on this is about 2-3 weeks. My partner was Shane Ball and we did well I think. It was a rocky project but we got through it.

What I though was most fun is playing with the clay and taking pictures. Making little guys to go with our animation. Making all of our scenes for is animation like the background, the people, the waves, and the boat. The pictures where fun to because you got to use a camera. But the hard thing about the camera was if you clicked the button to soon your hand might be in the picture and you would have to redo the scene. Then after you were done with the camera you had to put the pictures on the computer so they could upload. It only took a minute or so for them to upload to the computer.

I think the hardest thing to do on this project was the voice and the computer work. If you put another scene in it would play in it place. Another thing was recording your voice because you want it to be load and good at the same time. The voice was hard because the was not much place to more your voice to different places. If you had to use the library’s camera you had to find your pictures in about 300 other pictures and it took time to find your pictures and it was a pain. Sometimes the camera had to download all 300 pictures so it took forever. Than you had to move the other all the picture to the camera again.

The most important thing I learned is how to use imovie and all how to use the schools computers better. Some things I learned about imovie are how to put scenes in and take out, record my voice, create scene, move ships. I learned how to make movies. I got taught how to cut a picture for the Internet and move it in to the imovie. Some other things I learned about the computers is that you have to save because if you don’t the computer can quite the program that you are in. some thing else I learned is ask for help if you are confused and don’t try to fix it your self. Imovie can help you but it cannot help you.

I hope we did good and got a good grade. This project was fun and confusing in different places like when we had to use the computer and the voice, moving the clay way pain to because our guy fell over and kept get squashed so we had to rebuilt him about 10-15 times.

Vasco Nunez de Balboa Claymation

Park and reck

In a week or so I will be back on the court for park and reck basketball. On thing I like about reck is sometimes you are the best because you are playing younger kids and you play kids that are your age and older. last year it was harder to score because we as 7th graders played the last year 8th grade and they were good and cheated a lot. But this year we 8th grade will be better than the 7th graders and we will make it harder for them to score.

Next week we have 2 football games against Granite Falls and a game over at Portonson and they are both away. But I think we will won both of our gamesbecause it is our last games of Middle School.

Football game

Yesterday the lms cougars played the concrete lions. The cougars won on a score 28-7. They had only two good players #7 and #21. # 7 was their Qb and #21 was their tail back. Their tail back was a good runnerand a pretty big guy but we still stoped them. #7 had a good armand what I mean by that is he could through far.I played slot back and I had a very good diving catch for 5 yards close to the sidlinesThan in the second half I got a 35 yard pass throun to me but it was just a little to far.Later in the second half Shane Ball tackle #21 by pretty much just sat on him and #21 almost got kicked out for cusing after that play. During the game Aman recovered 3 fumbles, Austen Baker recovered 1 fumble all in all it was a good game to play to watch.

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