Inughuit
[1] The Inughuit are believed to be descended from the Thule people who spread across the North American Arctic around the eleventh century.Around the 17th century, climate change cooled the northwest areas of Greenland, which cut off the Inughuit from other Inuit and regions.Around this period, the Inughuit also lost the ability and skills to build kayaks or umiaks, which further restricted travel and contact with other communities.However, more sustained contact with outsiders changed many aspects of Inughuit life by creating a dependence on trade goods and introducing new diseases.[5] Inughuit people live north of the Arctic Circle on the west coast of Greenland, between 75–80° N and 58–74° W. The northernmost settlement was at the village of Etah (at 78° 19' N), but it was abandoned due to the extremely harsh conditions there.