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Inuit (/ ˈ ɪ nj u ɪ t / IN-ew-it; [5] Inuktitut: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, ᐃᓄᒃ, dual: Inuuk, ᐃᓅᒃ; Iñupiaq: Iñuit 'the people'; Greenlandic: Inuit) [6] [7] [8] are a group of culturally and historically similar Indigenous peoples traditionally inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of North America, including Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the ...
t. e. The Inuit are an indigenous people of the Arctic and subarctic regions of North America (parts of Alaska, Canada, and Greenland). The ancestors of the present-day Inuit are culturally related to Iñupiat (northern Alaska), and Yupik (Siberia and western Alaska), [ 1 ] and the Aleut who live in the Aleutian Islands of Siberia and Alaska.
Greenpeace Canada apologized to Inuit in 1985 for the knock-on effects of their campaign. The European Union ban on seal products was reaffirmed in 2009. [96] [97] In 2015, exemptions were made in the ban for certified indigenous-hunted products, but a 2020 report described this exemption as economically ineffective.
Traditional Inuit clothing is a complex system of cold-weather garments historically made from animal butt and fur, worn by Inuit, a group of culturally related Indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic areas of Canada, Greenland, and the United States. The basic outfit consisted of a parka, pants, mittens, inner footwear, and outer boots.
Mukluks may be worn over an inner boot liner and under a protective overshoe. [4][5] The term mukluk is often used for any soft boot designed for cold weather, and modern designs may use both traditional and modern materials. [6] The word mukluk is of Yup'ik origin, from maklak, the bearded seal, while kamik is an Inuit word.
Eskimo (/ ˈɛskɪmoʊ /) is an exonym that refers to two closely related Indigenous peoples: Inuit (including the Alaska Native Iñupiat, the Canadian Inuit, and the Greenlandic Inuit) and the Yupik (or Yuit) of eastern Siberia and Alaska. A related third group, the Aleut, who inhabit the Aleutian Islands, are generally excluded from the ...
Looking at Ulukhaktok, Canada from the bluffs that give the community its name, 1980s. Copper Inuit, also known as Inuinnait[2] and Kitlinermiut, [3][pronunciation?] are a Canadian Inuit group who live north of the tree line, in what is now the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut and in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in the Inuvik Region of the ...
The Nunavut tundra. The Barren Grounds (also called Barren Lands[1]) are a large area of tundra located in mainland Nunavut and stretching into the Northwest Territories in northern Canada. The Barren Grounds is nearly uninhabited with the exception of a few coastal villages and towns in Nunavut. The Barren Lands First Nation are located in ...