Inuit

E14441

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 region
surface form: 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 Autonomous Okrug
surface form: Chukotka

Greenland
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut languages
practices shamanism
recognizedAs Indigenous peoples in Alaska
First Nations
surface form: Indigenous peoples in Canada

Indigenous peoples in Greenland
relatedEthnicGroup Yupik
surface form: Inupiat

Yupik
speaks Inuvialuktun
surface form: Inuinnaqtun

Inuktitut
Inuktun
Inuvialuktun
Kalaallisut
subgroupOf Inuit self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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

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Inuvialuit Settlement Region ethnicGroup Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuvialuit
Rupert's Land indigenousInhabitants Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuit (in northern areas)
Alaska Natives hasSubgroup Inuit
this entity surface form: Inupiat
Alaska Natives hasSubgroup Inuit
this entity surface form: Iñupiat
Amundsen Gjøa expedition interactedWith Inuit
this entity surface form: Netsilik Inuit
Loucheux neighboringPeoples Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuvialuit
Inuvialuktun spokenBy Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuvialuit people
Unangas relatedEthnicGroup Inuit
this entity surface form: Inupiat
Yupik partOf Inuit
this entity surface form: Eskimo peoples
Yupik relatedEthnicGroup Inuit
this entity surface form: Inupiat
Yupik relatedEthnicGroup Inuit
Inuit Circumpolar Council represents Inuit
this entity surface form: Inupiat
Inuit Circumpolar Council represents Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuvialuit
Inuit Circumpolar Council represents Inuit
this entity surface form: Kalaallit
Inuit Circumpolar Council represents Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuit of Canada
Inuit Circumpolar Council represents Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuit of Greenland
Inuit Circumpolar Council represents Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuit of Alaska
Inuit Circumpolar Council represents Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuit of Chukotka
Little Diomede Island ethnicGroup Inuit
this entity surface form: Inupiat
Nunavik indigenousPeople Inuit
Nunavik majorEthnicGroup Inuit
Thule Inuit ethnicityOf Inuit
Thule Inuit areAncestralTo Inuit
this entity surface form: Modern Inuit
Thule Inuit areAncestralTo Inuit
this entity surface form: Inupiat
Thule Inuit areAncestralTo Inuit
this entity surface form: Kalaallit
Thule Inuit areAncestralTo Inuit
this entity surface form: Inughuit
Thule Inuit areAncestralTo Inuit
this entity surface form: Central Canadian Inuit
Mary Simon ethnicGroup Inuit
Wainwright ethnicGroup Inuit
this entity surface form: Iñupiat
Wainwright indigenousPeople Inuit
this entity surface form: Iñupiat
Aivilimmiutut spokenBy Inuit
this entity surface form: Aivilik Inuit
Métis relatedEthnicGroup Inuit
Noatak ethnicMajority Inuit
this entity surface form: Inupiat
Noatak indigenousPeople Inuit
this entity surface form: Inupiat
Deering ethnicGroup Inuit
subject surface form: Deering, Alaska
this entity surface form: Inupiat
Deering hasIndigenousPeople Inuit
subject surface form: Deering, Alaska
this entity surface form: Inupiat
Kitikmeot Region hasIndigenousGroup Inuit
this entity surface form: Copper Inuit
Point Hope ethnicGroup Inuit
this entity surface form: Inupiat
Anaktuvuk Pass inhabitedBy Inuit
this entity surface form: Iñupiat