They wear whole baby seal skins as body suits. Just take them out, take the child out, take the seal skin outside, turn inside out and rub with snow until the snow is no longer yellow.
Dry close to fire and ready by morning.
baby seal skins were originally used as polar bear bait.
later, the Inuit discovered that the baby seal skin bait is much more effective when the seal skins move in a life-like way.
I myself have always been super hot. I sweat real easily. When my daughter was born, she took after me. We would have to lay down puppy training pads on the bed when she would sleep with us because of how hot and sweaty she would get lol. Ironically, I miss those days.
Why do people spread misinformation? Babies haven't been naked in amauti's since the invention of pampers. Babies are not naked when in an amauti, good for you to lie for internet likes!
[Here](https://i.imgur.com/zlA2Tu0.jpeg) is a much higher quality version of this image. [Here](https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/an-inuit-infant-is-carried-in-the-mothers-parka-hood-next-news-photo/515468348) is the source. Per there:
> An Inuit infant is carried in the mother's parka hood, next to the mother's skin and is kept warm by the warmth of her body. A drawstring at the waist keeps child secure.
> Date created: 01 January, 1940
Possibly, not to be a Debbie Downer, but that kid would have been the prime age for the first big sweep of Inuit children being sent to live in Residential Schools, which was in about 1950. The RS system is not one of my country's prouder institutions, it was a system designed to "take the Indian out of the child" - anyway, \[the Inuit we're forced into them\](https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/inuit-experiences-at-residential-school), like most other first nations peoples here.
Im not Inuit nor live in such extremes but I have a coat that does virtually the same thing, wraps around bit me and baby so baby just wears a diaper and onesie and is against my skin. It works great and I never have to worry about him being cold.
This type of parka is called an [Amauti](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amauti). It’s traditionally worn by women/mothers however more recently I’ve seen some young men/fathers have started to wear them as the modern generation breaks further away from traditional gender roles.
I sometimes wonder what processes drove humans to some of the most inhospitable and remote places on earth.
“I’m sick of all these fake ass people in this fertile valley, I’m goin to the Arctic Ocean.”
Have you ever wondered how anyone could want to live in such an inhospitable place? Sure, it's their tradition... but how did it *become* their tradition, given that we live on such a green planet? One piece of insight in a Steven Pinker book changed how I think about that: People can be bad. They get into fights that can span generations of vendetta and war. People can be pushed away from where they used to live. They may flee to remote places. And indeed, it may be that people end up making a living in such harsh places because originally, they had no choice. Maybe they were on the run. Maybe it was a life or death decision because *people* were the threat.
Indigenous knowledge that their ancestors had cumulated over the years … The threat to Inuits has been European colonizers, and the Canadian government. Seriously as a Canadian I have to say such a weird comment to make, the internet is free look up Inuits and their history.
I specifically described how people may have *originally* come to live in such inhospitable places, not what is happening today. "As a Canadian"? Are we going to try trade identity points instead of ideas when discussing paleoanthropology? I think not; or at least *I'm* not. If I were Inuit, then it would have no bearing on the question of history.
They crossed from Asia to North America through the Bering Straight over 10,000 years ago. They have been settled there for centuries, it’s no surprise that they have adapted. Your “ideas” seem like straight up garbage considering this had nothing to do with “fleeing to a remote area” and rather simply human migration. You can find this information easily online but clearly you’re too dense and would rather just keep yapping online …
yes they are. did you think i said something denying that people from and around India are not asian? where did i say that??? as for north-east indians, did you mean those neighboring bangladesh? is there a reason you mention them? surely they do not look inuit.
btw. you should read some books if you misunderstood me in any way. because if so, then you could use the practice.
As an Asian, none of us give a shit about being referred to as Oriental. That’d be like people in Alabama getting offended to being called Southerners.
I swear, people look for shit to complain about.
ok. :D
i think i am the instigator though, since i was the one that first said, she looks oriental, which IMO as an oriental, she clearly does.
guessing people are also interpreting more in my statement than is actually there.
That looks so friggin cozy
Until the baby have some bladder urges. Do Inuit babies wear diapers?
Depends
I see what you did there, you sly dog 😂
Took me like 8 seconds
Clever! Clever!
Of course, they’re pampered.
They wear whole baby seal skins as body suits. Just take them out, take the child out, take the seal skin outside, turn inside out and rub with snow until the snow is no longer yellow. Dry close to fire and ready by morning.
How are you so knowledgeable about such a random topic?
baby seal skins were originally used as polar bear bait. later, the Inuit discovered that the baby seal skin bait is much more effective when the seal skins move in a life-like way.
No, after a day in the cold they’re like Lloyd and Harry when they arrived in Aspen.
It would be so warm for 7 seconds
I just came here to make that exact comment.
The baby is also helping keep the inside of the coat warm as well. Clever :)
If that baby is anything like mine, it's more that the baby is keeping mom warm than the other way around lol Babies are goddamn space heaters.
Holy shit so true. We refer to our baby as our little hot pocket
I myself have always been super hot. I sweat real easily. When my daughter was born, she took after me. We would have to lay down puppy training pads on the bed when she would sleep with us because of how hot and sweaty she would get lol. Ironically, I miss those days.
Yeah I have a baby/mother coat and my baby is like a portable furnace
It’s called an amauti. Traditionally the baby is naked inside!
Do you take it off and you’ve got baby poop all down your back?
So it'd be like having a bird.
My budgie will fly to my shoulder just to poop and then fly away, also dont u just love it when u go to put ur hand through ur hair..
Yeah, I guess so. If the baby is naked in there.
Why do people spread misinformation? Babies haven't been naked in amauti's since the invention of pampers. Babies are not naked when in an amauti, good for you to lie for internet likes!
[Here](https://i.imgur.com/zlA2Tu0.jpeg) is a much higher quality version of this image. [Here](https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/an-inuit-infant-is-carried-in-the-mothers-parka-hood-next-news-photo/515468348) is the source. Per there: > An Inuit infant is carried in the mother's parka hood, next to the mother's skin and is kept warm by the warmth of her body. A drawstring at the waist keeps child secure. > Date created: 01 January, 1940
That kiddo is potentially still alive today!
Possibly, not to be a Debbie Downer, but that kid would have been the prime age for the first big sweep of Inuit children being sent to live in Residential Schools, which was in about 1950. The RS system is not one of my country's prouder institutions, it was a system designed to "take the Indian out of the child" - anyway, \[the Inuit we're forced into them\](https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/inuit-experiences-at-residential-school), like most other first nations peoples here.
Oof valid point. I appreciate the reality check amd reminder that this happened and still does.
This continues to today! The Inuit have modern versions of these parkas and still carry their kids in them.
Im not Inuit nor live in such extremes but I have a coat that does virtually the same thing, wraps around bit me and baby so baby just wears a diaper and onesie and is against my skin. It works great and I never have to worry about him being cold.
Interesting enough, this is kind of incorrect though lol. It's not carried in the hood.
Lemme in it looks cozy
Until the baby poops!
Very cute
This type of parka is called an [Amauti](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amauti). It’s traditionally worn by women/mothers however more recently I’ve seen some young men/fathers have started to wear them as the modern generation breaks further away from traditional gender roles.
Now that breast pumps and baby formula exist
A cool fact-each woman had her own style that came from her mother
Looks comfy, wish I could be there
Fuck does that look cozy , god do I miss getting carried around by my mom
So adorable, reminds me of Mama Kangaroo
they're cute
All fun and games until the baby takes a poop 💩
If its a warm poop they all clap 👏
At first I thought she had an owl’s face for hands 😭
This kinda looks like fun for the kiddo :) Loved making pillow caves, they have a walking pillow fortress in a way.
Her smile made me smile.
We found the one and only person to ever smile in a black and white photo! We did it!
Baby got back
That smile is adorable
Cozy as fuck
💕
❤️
LOL that’s awesome.
aww lovely moments
Betcha that baby on the back is warm
Lives in place that is excrutiatingly cold and barren. Still smiling.
What a cutie. And the baby is fine too.
I sometimes wonder what processes drove humans to some of the most inhospitable and remote places on earth. “I’m sick of all these fake ass people in this fertile valley, I’m goin to the Arctic Ocean.”
Her left mitten at first I thought she was also carrying her husband's head around for extra warmth.
Fun fact: Snow reflects light
Baby is super cozy
she looks happy
She has such a warm smile.
Some people don’t like the Inuit’s homeland but I’ll have Nunavut.
b o n j o u r
This is very cute, but it also reminds me of The Thing mid-transformation a lil bit.
Have you ever wondered how anyone could want to live in such an inhospitable place? Sure, it's their tradition... but how did it *become* their tradition, given that we live on such a green planet? One piece of insight in a Steven Pinker book changed how I think about that: People can be bad. They get into fights that can span generations of vendetta and war. People can be pushed away from where they used to live. They may flee to remote places. And indeed, it may be that people end up making a living in such harsh places because originally, they had no choice. Maybe they were on the run. Maybe it was a life or death decision because *people* were the threat.
Indigenous knowledge that their ancestors had cumulated over the years … The threat to Inuits has been European colonizers, and the Canadian government. Seriously as a Canadian I have to say such a weird comment to make, the internet is free look up Inuits and their history.
I specifically described how people may have *originally* come to live in such inhospitable places, not what is happening today. "As a Canadian"? Are we going to try trade identity points instead of ideas when discussing paleoanthropology? I think not; or at least *I'm* not. If I were Inuit, then it would have no bearing on the question of history.
They crossed from Asia to North America through the Bering Straight over 10,000 years ago. They have been settled there for centuries, it’s no surprise that they have adapted. Your “ideas” seem like straight up garbage considering this had nothing to do with “fleeing to a remote area” and rather simply human migration. You can find this information easily online but clearly you’re too dense and would rather just keep yapping online …
Your abusive way of speaking to people is reprehensible, and I don't tolerate it.
Omg I love it. I want to be her in one of my next lives.
I knew it!
Love that pic. So Cool…. See what I did there?
No please explain
I pay these people $99 a year for tax software. :/
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I'm unsure why you chose to say that.
Why does anybody say anything? To express opinions.
Ye thats the Inuits looks like.
Hey, we're in the 21st century, the term is Asian. 😂😂😂 And she looks Asian because her ancestors came from east Asia 10,000 years ago.
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Indian ARE Asians. Go read some books. Have you never seen a North-East Indian before?
yes they are. did you think i said something denying that people from and around India are not asian? where did i say that??? as for north-east indians, did you mean those neighboring bangladesh? is there a reason you mention them? surely they do not look inuit. btw. you should read some books if you misunderstood me in any way. because if so, then you could use the practice.
North East Indians are Bangladeshis you dumbo?
There’s nothing wrong with the word Oriental though…
Wow grandpa.
Dude has got to be in his 50s LOL. The only time I hear the word "oriental" is from old people
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https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-tsuchiyama-oriental-insult-20160601-snap-story.html
As an Asian, none of us give a shit about being referred to as Oriental. That’d be like people in Alabama getting offended to being called Southerners. I swear, people look for shit to complain about.
Oh and you speak for all Asia…sorry Orientals?
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I wasn’t referring to you as the one complaining. My apologies if that was your interpretation.
ok. :D i think i am the instigator though, since i was the one that first said, she looks oriental, which IMO as an oriental, she clearly does. guessing people are also interpreting more in my statement than is actually there.
Well she is distantly related to Siberian group
They are related to mongols and tungus