Inuit

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Arctic people Indigenous people ethnic group

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.

Aliases (28)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arctic people → Indigenous people → ethnic group →
colonialLanguage	Danish → English → French →
ethnographicRegion	Arctic →
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 → Indigenous peoples in Greenland →
relatedEthnicGroup	Inupiat → Yupik →
speaks	Inuinnaqtun → Inuktitut → Inuktun → Inuvialuktun → Kalaallisut →
subgroupOf	Eskimo peoples →
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 →

Referenced by (87)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cape Dorset → Eskimo–Aleut languages → Greenland → Inuvialuit Settlement Region ("Inuvialuit") → Little Diomede Island ("Inupiat") → Mary Simon → Northern Canada → Northern Ontario ("Inuit (in coastal communities)") → Northwest Territories → Wainwright ("Iñupiat") →	ethnicGroup
Inuit Circumpolar Council → Inuit Circumpolar Council ("Inupiat") → Inuit Circumpolar Council ("Inuvialuit") → Inuit Circumpolar Council ("Kalaallit") → Inuit Circumpolar Council ("Inuit of Canada") → Inuit Circumpolar Council ("Inuit of Greenland") → Inuit Circumpolar Council ("Inuit of Alaska") → Inuit Circumpolar Council ("Inuit of Chukotka") →	represents
Sugpiaq ("Inupiat") → Sugpiaq people ("Inupiat") → Unangan → Unangas ("Inupiat") → Yupik ("Inupiat") → Yupik →	relatedEthnicGroup
Aivilimmiutut ("Aivilik Inuit") → Indigenous languages of Canada → Inuktitut → Inuktun ("Inughuit people") → Inupiaq ("Inupiat people") → Inuvialuktun ("Inuvialuit people") →	spokenBy
Thule Inuit ("Modern Inuit") → Thule Inuit ("Inupiat") → Thule Inuit ("Kalaallit") → Thule Inuit ("Inughuit") → Thule Inuit ("Central Canadian Inuit") →	areAncestralTo
Baffin Island → Labrador → Nunavik → Wainwright ("Iñupiat") →	indigenousPeople
Inuktun ("Inughuit") → Labrador → Nunavut →	hasEthnicGroup
Cape Dorset → Nain → Newfoundland and Labrador →	hasIndigenousPeople
Alaska Natives ("Inupiat") → Alaska Natives ("Iñupiat") → Indigenous peoples of North America →	hasSubgroup
Inuvialuktun → Kalaallisut ("Eskimo") → Labrador Inuttitut →	languageBranch
Churchill River → Nunatsiavut ("Inuit of Labrador") →	associatedPeople
North Slope Borough ("Iñupiat") → Nunatsiavut →	ethnicMajority
Torngat Mountains National Park region → Torngat Mountains National Park region ("Nunavik Inuit") →	hasCulturalSignificanceFor
Greenland and Svalbard ("Inuit (primarily Greenland)") → Happy Valley-Goose Bay →	hasIndigenousPresence
7th Academy Awards ("Eskimo") →	bestFilmEditingWinner
First Nations →	distinctFrom
Thule Inuit →	ethnicityOf
Inuktun ("Polar Eskimo") →	hasAlternativeName
Inuktun ("Greenlandic Inuit culture") →	hasCulturalAssociation
Arctic region →	hasIndigenousGroup
James Bay ("Inuit peoples") →	hasIndigenousInhabitants
Yukon Territory →	hasIndigenousPeoples
Northwest Arctic Borough ("Iñupiat") →	hasMajorEthnicGroup
Indigenous peoples of North America ("Inuit communities") →	hasNotableNation
New World →	includesIndigenousPeoples
Rupert's Land ("Inuit (in northern areas)") →	indigenousInhabitants
Hudson Bay region →	indigenousPeoples
Arctic Archipelago →	inhabitedBy
Amundsen Gjøa expedition ("Netsilik Inuit") →	interactedWith
Kalaallisut →	languageSubbranch
Nunavik →	majorEthnicGroup
Inuvialuit Settlement Region ("Inuvialuit people") →	namedAfter
Naukan Yupik ("Inupiat") →	neighboringPeople
Loucheux ("Inuvialuit") →	neighboringPeoples
Yupik ("Eskimo peoples") →	partOf
Kangiqsujuaq →	populationMajorityEthnicity
Canadian Aboriginal syllabics ("Inuit peoples") →	primaryUserGroup
Aleut →	relatedGroup
Franz Boas ("Inuit communities of Baffin Island") →	researchFocus
Inuit ("Eskimo peoples") →	subgroupOf
Brooks Range ("Iñupiat") →	traditionalHomelandOf
Lancaster Sound →	traditionalTerritoryOf