What is the name of the First Nations group that lives in cold places of northern Canada, Greenland, the Arctic and Alaska?
Q: What is the name of the First Nations group that lives in cold places of northern Canada, Greenland, the Arctic and Alaska?
A: The Inuit are one of many groups of First Nations who live in very cold places of northern Canada, Greenland, the Arctic and Alaska.
Q: Where does the term Eskimo come from?
A: The term Eskimo likely comes from the Algonquin language and may mean "eater of raw meat" which is a fallacy many believe due to misinformation. The actual meaning is "netter of snowshoes."
Q: Do most Inuit prefer to be called by their own name or by their tribe name?
A: Most Inuit prefer to be called by their own name, either the more general Inuit particularly in Canada or their actual tribe name.
Q: Is Inuit a tribe name?
A: Yes, Inuit is a tribe name but not all indigenous Arctic peoples in North America are Inuits.
Q: How would people living in Alaska refer to themselves?
A: Particularly in the United States Alaska, people would probably refer to themselves by their tribe name rather than using the word Eskimo as a more general term.
