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The phrase that sparked a controversy and a new round of conversations about what the word “Eskimo” means to Alaska Natives. Download Audio Alaska Native’s discuss what ‘Eskimo’ means to ...
Iñupiat people are part of an Inuit group, which includes indigenous people in northern Alaska, arctic Canada, Greenland and Russia. "Since 2007, [I am] really just trying to reconnect to my ...
The term “eskimo” is divisive across much of the arctic, but it’s still being used in western Alaska. Some identify with it, while others want to see change. Download Audio ...
Alaska's indigenous people, who are jointly called Alaska Natives, can be divided into five major groupings: Aleuts, Northern Eskimos (Inupiat), Southern Eskimos (Yuit), Interior Indians ...
Hundreds of years ago, the Native people of Alaska's coastal whaling settlements had a unique way of communicating when a hunt had been successful. The vast, icy plains had few hills, so it was ...
Alaskan Eskimo participants of the Alaska Siberia Project had a significantly lower ... Adoption of non-traditional lifestyles by Eskimo people has been recent and rapid, 10,11,12 but little ...