Inuit

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The Inuit are one of many groups of indigenous people in the Americas and live in very cold places in the Arctic: northern Canada, Greenland, and Alaska.

The word Inuit means "the people" in Inuktitut, their language. The people are sometimes called Eskimos, a word that likely comes from the Algonquin language and may mean "eater of raw meat," which many believe to be misinformation. The term "Eskimo" means "netter of snowshoes."

Most Inuit prefer to be called by their own name, either the more general Inuit," particularly in Canada, or their actual tribal name. Inuit is a tribal name, but not all indigenous Arctic peoples in North America are Inuit. Particularly in Alaska, the word "Eskimo" is accepted as a more general term, but they probably prefer to be called by their tribal name.