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Inuit
Inuit (or Innuit) A member of a North American people that inhabits Alaska, Nunavut region in northern Canada, Greenland, and eastern Siberia. A semi-nomadic hunting and gathering people, they were noted for their adaptation to a harsh environment and were sometimes called Eskimos. Their languages belong to the Inuit-Aleut family and are divided into two main branches: the Inupik or Inuk (spoken in Greenland, Labrador, the Arctic coast of Canada, and northern Alaska) and the Yupik or Yuk (spoken in southern Alaska and Siberia). There are approximately 40,000 Inuit-speakers in Greenland, 25,000 in Alaska, 15,000 in Canada, and several hundred in Siberia.
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Inuit amass enough prints, drawings for exhibit.
Newspaper article from: The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service); 10/2/2003; 700+ words
; Byline: Edward J. Sozanski The Inuit (formerly known as Eskimos) have been...gave some artists pencils and paper. The Inuit became such so proficient at drawing...genre of folk art in just a few years. Inuit prints and drawings became prized by collectors...
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Inuit amass enough prints, drawings for exhibit.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 10/2/2003; ; 700+ words
; Byline: Edward J. Sozanski The Inuit (formerly known as Eskimos) have been...gave some artists pencils and paper. The Inuit became such so proficient at drawing...genre of folk art in just a few years. Inuit prints and drawings became prized by collectors...
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INUIT, WHALING, AND SUSTAINABILITY.(Review)
Magazine article from: Arctic; 9/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; INUIT, WHALING, AND SUSTAINABILITY. By MILTON...one-minute sound bites on television, Inuit, Whaling, and Sustainability provides a...from the point of view of the circumpolar Inuit. Carefully choreographed images of whale...
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Inuit ancestry lost with the stroke of a pen.
Newspaper article from: Windspeaker; 10/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...900 people who thought of themselves as Inuit may now be wondering where their Aboriginal...ancestry has gone. Since 1992, the Labrador Inuit Association has been slimming its 5,000...was no longer a member of the Labrador Inuit Association. Since she is no longer a...
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Inuit and Partners Agree to National Committee on Inuit Education.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 4/2/2009; 700+ words
; ...Non-Status Indians, and Mary Simon, President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), today added their signatures to the Inuit Education Accord. The Accord is a 14 party agreement between Inuit of Canada, as represented by the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami...
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Inuit education a priority.(news)
Newspaper article from: Windspeaker; 5/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...bilingual education system that allows Inuit people to become proficient in both English...separate report. Article 23 is a promise that Inuit people will have a representative share...to 30,000. Eighty-five per cent are Inuit. Under Article 23 the Inuit ought to have...
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Inuit contribution to sovereignty ignored.
Newspaper article from: Windspeaker; 3/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...mistreatment of Aboriginal people, but some Inuit leaders are disappointed Canada didn't go far enough in citing the role Inuit played in extending the nation's sovereignty...no reference to those aspects of the Inuit contribution to Canada," said Okalik...
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Inuit, whaling, and sustainability.(Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute; 6/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; FREEMAN, MILTON M.R. et al. Inuit, whaling, and sustainability. 208 pp...of researchers under the auspices of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC), an indigenous peoples' organization representing Inuit living in Greenland, Canada, Alaska and...
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 "The Record (Kitchener, Ontario)")
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Inuit want part in Arctic talks; International discussions about sovereignty must include people most affected, politicians told.(FRONT)
Newspaper article from: The Record (Kitchener, Ontario); 4/29/2009; 700+ words
; ...scheduled to meet in Norway, the world's Inuit have released a declaration saying they...that they say has so far been denied. Inuit have various rights as peoples to be meaningfully...Smith, Canadian vice-president of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, which represents...
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 "Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)")
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Inuit deity: What will you do once you know?
Newspaper article from: Indian Country Today (Lakota Times); 5/14/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...What will you do once you know?" - Inuit saying Flip through an encyclopaedia of...the fact that there is little said about Inuit mythology - especially in regard to deities...this down). As the lens turns toward Inuit culture, one may note an awkward lack...
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Inuit
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
INUIT INUIT. Inuit (people) is the collective name of a widely distributed group of people inhabiting the northernmost areas of North America and Greenland. "Eskimo," a term formerly used by outsiders, has lost favor because of its offensive...
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Labrador Inuit
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Labrador Inuit ETHNONYM: Labrador Eskimo Orientation "Labrador Inuit" refers to the native Inuit people of Labrador, a section of Canada that is now within the provinces of Quebec and Newfoundland. Scholars have recently suggested that the...
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Baffinland Inuit
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Baffinland Inuit Orientation Identification. The Baffinland Inuit constitute the Easternmost group of what is commonly referred...includes the Copper, Iglulik, Netsilik, and Caribou Inuit. The Baffinland Inuit are a hunting people who have occupied...
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Caribou Inuit
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
Caribou Inuit ETHNONYM: Kinnepatoo Caribou Inuit refers to five independent groups (Qairnirmiut, Harvaqtuurmiut...Hauniqtuurmiut, Paallirmiut, and Ahiarmiut) of central Canadian Inuit located on and inland from the west shore of Hudson Bay between...
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East Greenland Inuit
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
East Greenland Inuit ETHNONYM: Tunumiut The East Greenland Inuit are found in the Ammassalik (65 ° 40 ′...Greenland groups, the Northeast and the Southeast Greenland Inuit, are now extinct. In 1980 the East Greenlanders numbered...
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