Greenlandic Inuit

[9] Ethnographically, they consist of three major groups: Historically, Kalaallit referred specifically to the people of Western Greenland.

[14] The Eastern Inuit, or Tunumiit, live in the area with the mildest climate, a territory called Tunu or Tasiilaq.

[15] Save for a Late Dorset recolonisation of northeast Greenland c. 700 CE, the island was then uninhabited until the Norse arrived in the 980s.

Between 1000 and 1400, the Thule, ancestors of the Inuit,[16][17] replaced the Dorset in Arctic Canada, and then moved into Greenland from the north.

The primary method of survival for the Thule was hunting seal, narwhal, and walrus as well as gathering local plant material.

[17][19][18] Archaeological evidence of animal remains suggests that the Thule were well adjusted to Greenland and in such a way that they could afford to leave potential sources of fat behind.

[19] European visitors to Northeast Greenland before the early 19th century reported evidence of extensive Inuit settlement in the region although they encountered no humans.

[20] Gender roles among Greenlandic Inuit are flexible; however, historically men hunted and women prepared the meat and skins.

[21] That study also reveals that those who grew up in villages only consumed local, Inuit cuisine foods 31 times a month and those who lived in Danish areas would consume local, Inuit cuisine 17 times per month.

[22] The Greenlandic Inuit have a strong artistic practice based on sewing animal skins (skin-sewing) and making masks.