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  2. Inuit - Wikipedia

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    The Inuit Circumpolar Council is a United Nations-recognized non-governmental organization (NGO), which defines its constituency as Canada's Inuit and Inuvialuit, Greenland's Kalaallit Inuit, Alaska's Inupiat and Yup'ik, and Russia's Siberian Yupik, [175] despite the last two neither speaking an Inuit dialect [70] or considering themselves "Inuit".

  3. Eskimo - Wikipedia

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    The term Eskimo is still used by people to encompass Inuit and Yupik, as well as other Indigenous or Alaska Native and Siberian peoples. [27] [43] [46] In the 21st century, usage in North America has declined. [28] [44] Linguistic, ethnic, and cultural differences exist between Yupik and Inuit.

  4. Inuit culture - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative - Wikipedia

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    The West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative, also known as the Kinngait Co-operative is an Inuit co-operative in Kinngait, Nunavut best known for its activities in buying, producing and selling Inuit artworks [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The co-operative is part of Arctic Co-operatives Limited , a group of locally owned businesses that provide fundamental services in ...

  6. Lists of Inuit - Wikipedia

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    The Inuit (sometimes referred to as Eskimo) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Alaska (United States), Greenland (Kingdom of Denmark), the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik and Nunatsiavut , Canada. The list has been broken down by country: List of American Inuit

  7. List of American Inuit - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Snow goggles - Wikipedia

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    Inuit goggles made from caribou antler with caribou sinew for a strap Inuit snow goggles from Alaska. Made from carved wood, 1880–1890 (top) and Caribou antler 1000–1800 (bottom) Snow goggles ( Inuktitut : ilgaak or iggaak , syllabics : ᐃᓪᒑᒃ or ᐃᒡᒑᒃ ; [ 1 ] Central Yupik : nigaugek , nigauget ) are a type of eyewear ...

  9. Yupʼik clothing - Wikipedia

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    Yupik (Yup'ik, Siberian Yupik, Sugpiaq ~ Alutiiq) and Inuit (Inupiaq) Eskimo seamstresses had regional variations in bird skin preparation techniques and bird skin parka styles and bird skin clothing-production techniques. [24] Bird skin parkas are rarely made today and the skill is quickly disappearing among skin sewers in their region. [25]