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The Inuit are the indigenous people of the Arctic regions of Greenland, Alaska, and Canada.

They're known as hunters and gatherers.

They're nomadic and agile, moving seasonally as they need to.

The Inuit are experts of their own environment with a vast knowledge of snow and ice,

the wildlife and their cycles as well as the weather.

In Canada, they can be found in Quebec, various parts of the Northwest Territories,

and in the province of Newfoundland in Labrador.

For thousands of years, the Inuit thrived independently in these regions.

Their history was largely unrecorded, except for the passing down of stories from generation to generation.

They sustained themselves through their own resourcefulness, experience, and knowledge.

But all this changed the first time they came into contact with Europeans.

In the 18th century, European fur traders, fishermen, whalers, and other business people

started to visit the region to make money during the summer.

The Inuit were roped into doing fur trapping for Hudson's Bay Company,

an organisation that went on to become an iconic Canadian retail business group.

Because the Inuit weren't familiar with the way Europeans did things,

they were taken advantage of.

Their complex way of life and their equilibrium was disrupted.

Along with new business practices, the Europeans also introduced them to alcohol and diseases

like the flu and the measles that the Inuit had no experience with.

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