Inuit

(noun)

Any of several Aboriginal peoples of coastal Arctic Canada, Alaska, and Greenland.

Related Terms

  • Thule
  • shaman
  • Nomad

Examples of Inuit in the following topics:

  • Inuit Art

    • Inuit art refers to artwork produced by the people of the Arctic, or Inuit people, who were previously known as Eskimos.
    • Inuit art refers to artwork produced by the people of the Arctic, or Inuit people, who were previously known as Eskimos.
    • Inuit culture begins with the Pre-Dorset cultures as far back as 4000 BCE, and spans through the Thule cultures of 1000 CE until present day.
    • The Ipiutak culture represents a classical period of Inuit development.
    • Around 1000 CE, the people of the Thule culture, ancestors of today's Inuit, migrated from northern Alaska and either displaced or slaughtered the earlier Dorset inhabitants.
  • Objectives

    • Inuit people eat whale and sea lion.
  • Archaeology and History

    • The Inuit and related peoples arrived separately and at a much later date, probably during the first millennium CE, moving across the ice from Siberia into Alaska.
    • The theory envisions these people making the crossing between the continents in small boats via the edge of the pack ice in the North Atlantic Ocean that then extended to the Atlantic coast of France, using skills similar to those of the modern Inuit people.
  • Migration to North America

    • Some genetic research indicates secondary waves of migration occurred after the initial Paleo-Indian colonization but prior to modern Inuit, Inupiat, and Yupik expansions.
  • The New World

    • Indigenous peoples are commonly known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, which include First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples.
  • Cooperation, Competition and Conscription

    • A group of Inuits above the Arctic Circle may use cooperation as an important element of the coordination process.
  • Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the U.S.

    • Indigenous peoples of the Americas, such as Native Americans and Inuit, made up 0.8% of the population in 2008, numbering 2.4 million.
  • Conclusion: Pre-Colonial Development of North America

    • Some genetic research indicates that secondary waves of migration occurred after the initial Paleo-Indian colonization, but prior to modern Inuit, Inupiat, and Yupik expansions.
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