Inuit

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The Inuit are an Indigenous people of the Arctic known for their rich cultural traditions, close relationship with the polar environment, and historical reliance on hunting and fishing for subsistence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arctic people
Indigenous people
ethnic group
colonialLanguage Danish
English
French
ethnographicRegion Arctic
linked to: Arctic region
hasArtForm bone carving
printmaking
stone carving
throat singing
hasClothingMaterial caribou skin
fur
seal skin
hasOrganization Inuit Circumpolar Council
hasPopulationRegion Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Nunatsiavut
Nunavik
Nunavut
inhabits Alaska
Arctic regions of Canada
Chukotka
Greenland
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut languages
practices shamanism
recognizedAs Indigenous peoples in Alaska
Indigenous peoples in Canada
linked to: First Nations

Indigenous peoples in Greenland
relatedEthnicGroup Inupiat
linked to: Yupik

Yupik
speaks Inuinnaqtun
linked to: Inuvialuktun

Inuktitut
Inuktun
Inuvialuktun
Kalaallisut
subgroupOf Eskimo peoples
linked to: Inuit
traditionalBeliefSystem animism
traditionalHousing igloo
skin tent
sod house
traditionalPrey caribou
fish
seal
walrus
whale
traditionalSubsistence fishing
hunting
marine mammal hunting
uses dog sled
kayak
umiak

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Inupiaq spokenBy Inupiat people
linked to: Inuit
Franz Boas researchFocus Inuit communities of Baffin Island
linked to: Inuit
Labrador indigenousPeople Inuit
Labrador hasEthnicGroup Inuit
Aleut relatedGroup Inuit
Inuit subgroupOf Eskimo peoples
linked to: Inuit
Greenland ethnicGroup Inuit
Nunavut hasEthnicGroup Inuit
North Slope Borough ethnicMajority Iñupiat
linked to: Inuit
Inuktitut spokenBy Inuit
Northwest Arctic Borough hasMajorEthnicGroup Iñupiat
linked to: Inuit
Indigenous peoples of North America hasNotableNation Inuit communities
linked to: Inuit
Brooks Range traditionalHomelandOf Iñupiat
linked to: Inuit
James Bay hasIndigenousInhabitants Inuit peoples
linked to: Inuit
Northern Ontario ethnicGroup Inuit (in coastal communities)
linked to: Inuit
Greenland and Svalbard hasIndigenousPresence Inuit (primarily Greenland)
linked to: Inuit
Nain hasIndigenousPeople Inuit
7th Academy Awards bestFilmEditingWinner Eskimo
linked to: Inuit
Cape Dorset ethnicGroup Inuit
Canadian Aboriginal syllabics primaryUserGroup Inuit peoples
linked to: Inuit
Sugpiaq people relatedEthnicGroup Inupiat
linked to: Inuit
Sugpiaq relatedEthnicGroup Inupiat
linked to: Inuit
Naukan Yupik neighboringPeople Inupiat
linked to: Inuit
Nunatsiavut associatedPeople Inuit of Labrador
linked to: Inuit
Kalaallisut languageBranch Eskimo
linked to: Inuit
Inuktun spokenBy Inughuit people
linked to: Inuit
Inuktun hasAlternativeName Polar Eskimo
linked to: Inuit
Inuktun hasEthnicGroup Inughuit
linked to: Inuit
Inuktun hasCulturalAssociation Greenlandic Inuit culture
linked to: Inuit
Inuvialuit Settlement Region namedAfter Inuvialuit people
linked to: Inuit