They were very careful to make good use of every part of the animals they killed. They were hunter-gatherers, living off the land. Inuit were also Nomadic people, but they did not domesticate any animals except for dogs, which they used to pull their sleds and help with the hunting. Whale blubber was burned as fuel for cooking and lamps. Inuit ate both raw and cooked meat and fish, as well as the fetus's of pregnant animals. Anti-seal hunt campaigns work to eliminate this aspect of northern culture, which most Inuits regard as vital to their lives. Inuits in Alaska have various concerns, such as protecting the caribou from American oil pipelines. Eskimo is a term more frequently used in mainstream United States where such concerns get less attention. The language of the Inuit is Inuktitut, and it is one of the official languages of Nunavut and of the Northwest Territories in Canada. The native Greenlanders are related to the Inuit. Inuit means more than one, one person is an " Inuk". Inuit in Canada and Greenland like the name Inuit because it is their own name for themselves. Particularly in the United States Alaska, the word Eskimo would be accepted as a more general term, but would probably refer to themselves by their tribe name. Inuit is a tribe name but not all indigenous Arctic peoples in North America are Inuits. Most Inuit prefer to be called by their own name, either the more general Inuit particularly in Canada or their actual tribe name. ![]() The term Eskimo means "netter of snowshoes. They are sometimes called Eskimos, a word which likely comes from the Algonquin language and may mean "eater of raw meat" which is a fallacy many believe due to misinformation. ![]() The Inuit are one of many groups of First Nations who live in very cold places of northern Canada, Greenland, the Arctic, and Alaska. Eskimo and reindeer, Alaska, between 19 (AL+CA 5837)
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