I don't mean to argue, but according to what i have read the inuit language does exist in Russia, though it is presently endangered. Wikipedia certainly isn't the end-all in research, but here is a good article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuit_language
I think that certain Russian tribes can safely be counted amongst the Inuit people.
Also, as i mentioned before, Canada is quite a big place, so i ask again, do you know what part of Canada these knives come from? East coast, West, Central? If you don't know that's fine, just curious.
Thanks for all the other great info. Here is another informative article about the Inuit:
http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Ha-La/Inuit.html
Here's an article that speaks a little about conflict and warfare between the Inuit and early Viking settlers.
http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu/Auth...y/excerpt.html
Here is an interesting series of articles about Inuit warfare written from an Inuit perspective. I think that in general the Inuit did not engage in the type of organized, large scale warfare that took place among more southern Native American tribes, but this didn't make them pacifists. Scroll down to the bottom and read up for continuity:
http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/nu...31/nunani.html
Warfare among Inuits was very rare in the more sparsely populated regions where many of them live as on might expect. Certainly their major opponent has always been the elements and their fight to survive and find find food in a rather inhospitable environment.
Jim, while i agree that this is a much less collected area of edged weapons i think that once you start looking for research material you will find that the Inuit have indeed been very well studied and information on their weapons and warfare can be found layered in the vast volumes of books and papers written about these intriguing people.
