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Bookmark or Share- Inuit - New World EncyclopediaInuit (plural: the singular, Inuk, means "man" or "person") is a general term for a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Alaska, Greenland, and Canada, and Siberia.There has been a remarkable homogeneity in the culture throughout these areas, which have traditionally relied on fish, marine mammals, and land animals for food, pets, transport, heat ...
- Greenlandic Inuit - WikipediaGreenlandic Inuit population, 1750-2000. The Greenlandic Inuit (Greenlandic: kalaallit, Danish: Grønlandsk Inuit) are the indigenous and most populous ethnic group in Greenland. Most speak Greenlandic (Western Greenlandic, Kalaallisut) and consider themselves ethnically Greenlandic. People of Greenland are citizens of Denmark.. Approximately 89 percent of Greenland's population of 57,695 is ...
- 10 Interesting Facts About The Inuits Of Canada - WorldAtlasInuksuk are human figures built from piled stones that seem to defy gravity. An inukshuk was used as the logo for the 2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver, while the flag of Nunavut depicts a red inuksuk. 6. Dogsledding. Dog sledding is a form of transportation used in the arctic region by the Inuit.
- Inuit | The Canadian EncyclopediaPublished Online June 8, 2010. Last Edited November 28, 2023. Inuit — Inuktitut for “the people” — are an Indigenous people, the majority of whom inhabit the northern regions of Canada. An Inuit person is known as an Inuk. The Inuit homeland is known as Inuit Nunangat, which refers to the land, water and ice contained in the Arctic region.
- Inuit | Encyclopedia.comINUIT. by J. Sydney Jones. Overview. Once known as Eskimos, the Inuit inhabit the Arctic region, one of the most forbidding territories on earth. Occupying lands that stretch 12,000 miles from parts of Siberia, along the Alaskan coast, across Canada, and on to Greenland, the Inuit are one of the most widely dispersed people in the world, but number only about 60,000 in population.
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