Since the Inuit had no tribes
or chiefs the Inuit formed groups. Groups were formed because the
hunters within the group hunted in the same area or they were related.
A group was usually made of five to twenty families. The leader was
the best hunter. They only had "taboos" which were like
laws in a way. One taboo was that they could not cook seal and caribou
because on was a land animal and the other was a sea animal and the
spirits of the two animals would be angered and cause harm to their
family. In the group theft was not common and murder usually had no
punishment. Their main goal was to keep peace. A way of showing that
was by the hunter sharing his catch.
