Inuit

Inuit (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ, singular Inuk or Inuq / ᐃᓄᒃ) is a general term for a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples of the Arctic who descended from the Thule.

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Inuktitut syllabics - Indigenous people - Arctic - Thule

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The Inuit Circumpolar Conference defines its constituency to include Canada's Inuit and Inuvialuit, Greenland's Kalaallit people, Alaska's Inupiaq and Yupik people, and Russia's Yupik. However, the Yupik are not Inuit in the sense of being descended from the Thule and prefer to be called Yupik or Eskimo.

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Inuit Circumpolar Conference - Canada - Inuvialuit - Greenland - Kalaallit - Alaska - Inupiaq - Yupik - Russia

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Canadian Inuit live primarily in Nunavut (a territory in Canada), Nunavik (a region in the northern part of the province of Quebec defined by the James Bay Agreement), and in Nunatsiavut (the Inuit settlement region in Labrador.) The Inuvialuit live primarily in the Mackenzie River delta, on Banks Island and part of Victoria Island in the Northwest Territories. There have been Inuit settlements in Yukon, especially at Herschel Island, but there are none at present. Alaskan Inupiaq live on the North Slope of Alaska, while the Yupik live in western Alaska and a part of Chukotka Autonomous Area in Russia.

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Nunavut - Nunavik - Quebec - James Bay Agreement - Nunatsiavut - Labrador - Inuvialuit - Mackenzie River - Banks Island - Victoria Island - Northwest Territories - Yukon - Herschel Island - Inupiaq - North Slope - Chukotka - Russia

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The Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami is a national organization in Canada which represents over 40,000 Canadian Inuit.

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