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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Avatar: The Last Airbender inspiredBy Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuit cultures
Ungava Bay hasCoastlineInhabitedBy Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuit communities
Kotzebue, Alaska indigenousPeople Inuit
this entity surface form: Iñupiat
Mackenzie River Basin hasIndigenousGroup Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuvialuit
1935 Oscars bestFilmEditingWinner Inuit
this entity surface form: Eskimo
Mackenzie Valley indigenousInhabitants Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuvialuit
Salluit indigenousTerritoryOf Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuit of Nunavik
Kativik Regional Government governsFor Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuit of Nunavik
Kuujjuaq ethnicMajority Inuit
Ivvavik National Park hasCulturalSignificanceFor Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuvialuit
Alaska Native villages ethnicGroup Inuit
this entity surface form: Inupiat
Barrow, Alaska majorEthnicGroup Inuit
this entity surface form: Iñupiat
Nunavut (local official status in some communities) ethnicMajority Inuit
subject surface form: Nunavut
Teller, Alaska ethnolinguisticRegion Inuit
this entity surface form: Inupiat
James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement beneficiary Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuit of Northern Quebec
Nunavut Land Claims Agreement signatory Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuit of the Nunavut Settlement Area
President of Nunatsiavut appliesToJurisdiction Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuit of northern Labrador
Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement signatory Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuit of northern Labrador
Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement beneficiary Inuit
this entity surface form: Labrador Inuit
Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement recognizedGroup Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuit of northern Labrador
Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement indigenousGroup Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuit of Nunatsiavut
Postville ethnicCharacter Inuit
Postville associatedPeople Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuit of Nunatsiavut
Rigolet ethnicGroup Inuit
Flag of Nunatsiavut usedBy Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuit of Nunatsiavut
Flag of Nunatsiavut represents Inuit
this entity surface form: Inuit of Labrador