Inuit
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- Key People:
- Fridtjof Nansen
- Related Topics:
- Labrador Eskimo Mackenzie Eskimo Baffinland Eskimo Nuniwarmiut Central Eskimo
Inuit, pejorative Eskimo, group of culturally and linguistically unique Indigenous peoples of the Arctic and subarctic regions whose homelands encompass Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland, a self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark), Arctic Canada, northern and southwestern Alaska in the United States, and part of Chukotka in the Far East region of Russia. The culturally related Unangan/Unangas/Unangax̂ (Aleuts) live in the Aleutian Islands. As a group, Inuit occupy regions that are among the most extensive and northernmost in the world. The broader Inuit population is estimated to be more than 180,000. The Inuit refer to themselves differently according to their dialects and ...(100 of 961 words)