inuit

Why were the Inuit the only Native American civilization with iron working prior to Columbus? Was it due to the Old Norse? It seems almost no other Native American civilization had iron prior to the arrival of Columbus in 1492? I'm wondering. Iron working was widespread in the Old World, but...

Would it have been feasible for the Inuit to reach Iceland?

Your challenge should you accept is to create, or discuss a scenario where a Inuit nation state covering Greenland and most of the Canadian Inuit lands. Bonus if you can add Northern Alaska. For my part i think the most likely path is a Danish/Norwegian/Swedish dominated Arctic. Still, i am not...

While it's not clear exactly why the Norse settlements in Greenland eventually failed, the fact that the Norse never adopted Inuit techniques for surviving in the Arctic can't have helped. They never learned how to hunt ringed seals or navigate in kayaks. Since they couldn't do these things...

With any POD, have an Arctic people (Inuit, Chukchi, Sámi, Nenets, Dorset, Yukaghir, etc) be majority Muslim. Settling the Arctic with Muslims from other areas doesn't.

What if a European nation, wanting to strengthen claims on a part of Antarctica or a Subantarctic island like Kerguelen, South Georgia, the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands, Heard and Mcdonald Islands, Bouvet Islands, the Crozet Islands, the South Sandwich Islands or the Prince Edward Islands...

The Dorset were the pre Inuit inhabitants of northern North America, could they succesfully colonise Iceland before the Norse? What effects would this have on history? How would they react to the Norse and how would the Norse react to them?

Was the Thule(ancestors of the Inuit) expansion into Greenland inevitable or was it just a chain of events that led to it being the case?

With a PoD no earlier than 1850, how would you maximize the population of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples? Bonus points if it can include improved living standards.