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Tribes of the Arctic region (view source)
Revision as of 12:46, November 11, 2008
, 12:46, November 11, 2008terminology - take THAT, you PC morons!
The [[Native American]] people of the Arctic region consist of the Inuit (multiple tribes), Yupik, and Aleut. Explorers from warmer climates called them Eskimos (people who weave snowshoes).<ref>Although the name "Eskimo" is commonly used in Alaska to refer to all Inuit and Yupik people of the world, this name is considered derogatory in many other places because it was given by non-Inuit people and was said to mean "eater of raw meat." Linguists now believe that "Eskimo" is derived from an Ojibwa word meaning "to net snowshoes." However, the people of Canada and Greenland prefer other names. "Inuit," meaning "people," is used in most of Canada. ... Most Alaskans continue to accept the name "Eskimo," particularly because "Inuit" refers only to the Inupiat of northern Alaska, the Inuit of Canada, and the Kalaallit of Greenland [http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/inuitoreskimo.html] </ref>
The [[Native American]] people of the Arctic region consist of the Inuit (multiple tribes), Yupik, and Aleut. Explorers from warmer climates called them Eskimos (people who weave snowshoes).<ref>Although the name "Eskimo" is commonly used in Alaska to refer to all Inuit and Yupik people of the world, this name is considered derogatory in many other places because it was given by non-Inuit people and was said to mean "eater of raw meat." Linguists now believe that "Eskimo" is derived from an Ojibwa word meaning "to net snowshoes." However, the people of Canada and Greenland prefer other names. "Inuit," meaning "people," is used in most of Canada. ... Most Alaskans continue to accept the name "Eskimo," particularly because "Inuit" refers only to the Inupiat of northern Alaska, the Inuit of Canada, and the Kalaallit of Greenland [http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/inuitoreskimo.html] </ref>
==Terminology==
The term "Eskimo" comprises:
* the Inuit peoples
** the Kalaallit of Greenland,
** the Inuit and Inuinnait of Canada
** the Inupiat of northern Alaska
* the Yupik peoples
** the Naukan of Siberia
** the Yupik of Siberia in Russia and St. Lawrence Island in Alaska
** the Yup'ik of Alaska
** the Alutiiq (Sug'piak or Pacific Eskimo) of southcentral Alaska.
Although Alaskans use the term ''Eskimo'', Canadians and Greenlanders have branded the word as offensive, on the grounds that some American Indians use a similar sounding term meaning "eaters of raw meat". (According to linguists, "Eskimo" is derived from an Ojibwa word meaning "to net snowshoes.")
The [[Inuit]] are a people of northernmost [[North America]], [[Europe]] and [[Asia]]. Their traditional range of inhabitation spans around the [[Arctic Circle]] from eastern [[Siberia]] across [[Alaska]] in the United States, the [[Northwest Territory]], [[Yukon Territory]], [[Nunavut]], [[Quebec]] and [[Newfoundland]] in [[Canada]], all the way to [[Greenland]] and the [[Faroe Islands]]. Anthropologically, they were a much studied people for their physical and social adaptations to severe cold.
The [[Inuit]] are a people of northernmost [[North America]], [[Europe]] and [[Asia]]. Their traditional range of inhabitation spans around the [[Arctic Circle]] from eastern [[Siberia]] across [[Alaska]] in the United States, the [[Northwest Territory]], [[Yukon Territory]], [[Nunavut]], [[Quebec]] and [[Newfoundland]] in [[Canada]], all the way to [[Greenland]] and the [[Faroe Islands]]. Anthropologically, they were a much studied people for their physical and social adaptations to severe cold.