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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Oblates of Mary Immaculate in northern missions servesCommunity Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuit communities
Kaktovik ethnicGroup Inuit
this entity surface form: Iñupiat
Kaktovik indigenousPeople Inuit
this entity surface form: Iñupiat
Atqasuk ethnicMajority Inuit
this entity surface form: Iñupiat
Atqasuk indigenousPeople Inuit
this entity surface form: Iñupiat
indigenous peoples of the Americas includesEthnicGroup Inuit
subject surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Americas
Utqiaġvik majorEthnicGroup Inuit
this entity surface form: Iñupiat
Aboriginal peoples under the Constitution Act, 1982 appliesTo Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuit communities
Indian Act doesNotApplyTo Inuit
Indigenous peoples of the Arctic includeEthnicGroup Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuvialuit
Indigenous peoples of the Arctic includeEthnicGroup Inuit
this entity surface form: Inupiat
Indigenous peoples of the Arctic includeEthnicGroup Inuit
this entity surface form: Kalaallit
Indigenous peoples of the Arctic includeEthnicGroup Inuit
this entity surface form: Inughuit
Idle No More movement hasParticipant Inuit
subject surface form: Idle No More
this entity surface form: Inuit peoples
Nuiqsut ethnicGroup Inuit
this entity surface form: Iñupiat
Mackenzie River delta usedBy Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuvialuit communities
Selawik ethnicGroup Inuit
this entity surface form: Iñupiat
Kobuk hasIndigenousPeople Inuit
this entity surface form: Inupiat
Kotzebue ethnicMajority Inuit
this entity surface form: Inupiat
Kotzebue indigenousPeople Inuit
this entity surface form: Inupiat
Slavey neighboringPeoples Inuit
Shungnak ethnicGroup Inuit
this entity surface form: Iñupiat
Inuit languages spokenBy Inuit
Inuit languages ethnicGroup Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuit peoples
Gjøa visitedIndigenousPeople Inuit
this entity surface form: Netsilik Inuit
Kotzebue Sound hasNearbyIndigenousGroup Inuit
this entity surface form: Iñupiat
Ambler ethnicGroup Inuit
this entity surface form: Inupiat
Buckland majorEthnicGroup Inuit
this entity surface form: Inupiat
Buckland indigenousPeople Inuit
this entity surface form: Inupiat
Seward Peninsula hasPrimaryEthnicGroups Inuit
this entity surface form: Inupiat
Porcupine caribou herd importantTo Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuvialuit
Makivik Corporation represents Inuit
this entity surface form: Nunavik Inuit
NunatuKavut Inuit ethnicallyRelatedTo Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuit of Nunatsiavut
NunatuKavut Inuit ethnicallyRelatedTo Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuit of Nunavik
NunatuKavut Inuit ethnicallyRelatedTo Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuit of Nunavut
NunatuKavut Inuit ethnicallyRelatedTo Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuvialuit