Josephene Falls

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wildlife

Caribou

More than 30 herds of caribou are spreed across main land Alaska.
Caribou live on the tundra and in the taiga short tree forests.
Caribou are medium sized deer, 3 to 5 feet tall at the shoulder.
Males weigh 275 - 660 pounds, and females weigh 150-300 pounds.


Bears

Bears are curious, intelligent, potentially and dangerous.
Black bears
They eat roots, berry's, grass and small animals.
Polar bears
The males weigh 600-1200 pounds and females weigh 400-700.


Red Foxes

The red fox can be black and silver or red and silver known as cross fox.
They have underground dens for rearing there pups.
The red fox pups are born in early parts of may.

Seals

Seals eat fish and you will see them swimming in the water.
They cant move well on land they are to fishy like.
They are found on icebergs when they give berth in June.

Inuit

Homes
Igloo actually means house not ice house.
To make an igloo you have to use hard packed snow blocks that are cut with a long bone knife.
Each igloo has a sky light made from thin ice .
The Inuit sleep on a low snow platform covered with twigs and caribou furs.


Tools
An Ulu is a knife used to skin animals.
An Umiak is a knife used to clean skins.
An Unack is a harpoon used for hunting whales.
A bow drill is used for carving beads, pendants, combs and needles.


Travel

A kayak is a one person boat used for hunting.
A umiak is a much larger boat it can be 35ft to 40ft long.
A dog sled or Komatik is pulled by six snow dogs.
They also use snowshoes to walk in the snow.


Games
To play blanket toss you use a walrus skin blanket to toss someone in the air.
To play toe jump you hold your toes and jump as far as you can.
To play Iglagunerk you get a partner and laugh as hard as you and your partner can and the group who laughs the longest wins.
To play tug a war you tie the rope to your head instead of hold it in your hand.