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The American Eskimo Dog is a breed of companion dog, originating in Germany. The American Eskimo Dog is a member of the Spitz family. The breed's progenitors were German Spitz, but due to anti-German sentiment during the First World War, it was renamed "American Eskimo Dog." Although modern American Eskimo Dogs have been exported as German ...
Eskimo (/ ˈ ɛ s k ɪ m oʊ /) 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.
This is a partial list of notable American Inuit, especially Iñupiat, who largely reside in Alaska. The Arctic and subarctic dwelling Inuit (formerly referred to as Eskimo) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting Canada, Greenland and parts of Russia. Callan Chythlook-Sifsof. John Baker, dog musher, pilot and ...
Canadian Eskimo Dog. Native American dogs, or Pre-Columbian dogs, were dogs living with people indigenous to the Americas.Arriving about 10,000 years ago alongside Paleo-Indians, today they make up a fraction of dog breeds that range from the Alaskan Malamute to the Peruvian Hairless Dog.
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.
The word American is sometimes questioned because the people referred to resided in the Americas before they were so named. As of 1995, according to the US Census Bureau, 50% of people who identified as Indigenous preferred the term American Indian, 37% preferred Native American, and the remainder preferred other terms or had no preference. [18]
B— Eskimo–Aleut-speaking peoples: a— Unangan (Aleut) b— Sugpiaq (Alutiiq): West Sugpiaq (Kaniagmiut) ve East Sugpiaq (Chugachigmiut) c— Central Alaskan Yup'ik (Ogulmiut, Togiagamiut, Nushagagmiut, Kuskokwagmiut, Kaialigamiut, Magemiut, Ikogmiut, Unaligmiut) d— Nunivak Cup'ig (Nunivagmiut)
The term Eskimo is still used by people; [18] [67] [68] however in the 21st century, usage in North America has declined. [19] [20] In the United States the term Eskimo was, as of 2016, commonly [18] used to describe Inuit and the Siberian and Alaskan Yupik, and Iñupiat peoples. Eskimo is still used by some groups and organizations to ...