The Inughuit (also spelled Inuhuit), or the Smith Sound Inuit, historically Arctic Highlanders or Polar Eskimos, are Greenlandic Inuit. They are the northernmost group of Inuit and the northernmost people in North America, living in Greenland. Inughuit make up about 1% of the population of Greenland.[2]
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The Inughuit (also spelled Inuhuit), or the Smith Sound Inuit, historically Arctic Highlanders or Polar Eskimos, are Greenlandic Inuit. They are the northernmost...
pibloktoq and Arctic hysteria, is a condition most commonly appearing in Inughuit (Northwest Greenlandic Inuit) societies living within the Arctic Circle...
polarinuitisk, thulesproget) is the language of approximately 1,000 indigenous Inughuit (Polar Inuit), inhabiting the world's northernmost settlements in Qaanaaq...
(east Greenland), who speak Tunumiit oraasiat ("East Greenlandic") the Inughuit of north Greenland, who speak Inuktun ("Polar Eskimo") Historically, Kalaallit...
Cape York,: 65 at which time there were reportedly only 140 Inughuit.: 61 (The Inughuit of North Greenland, the Kalaallit of West Greenland, and Inuit...
Greenlandic culture is a blending of traditional Inuit (Kalaallit, Tunumiit, Inughuit) and Scandinavian culture. Inuit, or Kalaallit, culture has a strong artistic...
into isolated groups, with inhabitants of the northwest diverging as the Inughuit. As they lost access to open water due to thickening sea ice, they lost...
but was likely within the last few thousand years. It was known to the Inughuit (the local Inuit) for centuries, who used it as a source of meteoritic...
seal skin. Making kiviak has traditionally been a community effort in Inughuit culture. Up to 500 whole auks are packed into the seal skin, beaks and...
(Western) Greenland Inuit are called Inuit, Inivit or Inivi (Kalaallit) and Inughuit, respectively. About 80% to 88% of Greenland's population, or approximately...
Greenlandic Inuit (Kalaallisut: kalaallit, Tunumiisut: tunumiit, Inuktun: inughuit) are the Indigenous and most populous ethnic group in Greenland. This means...
1834 – June 14, 1856), baptized as Erasmus Augustine Kallihirua, was an Inughuit hunter from Cape York, Greenland, recruited in 1850 as an interpreter by...
(2005). "Most People are Pretty Happy, but There is Cultural Variation: The Inughuit, the Amish, and the Maasai". Journal of Happiness Studies. 6 (3): 205–226...
Greenland), who speak Tunumiit oraasiat ("East Greenlandic"); and the Inughuit of north Greenland, who speak Inuktun. The word "Eskimo" is a racially...
On the other hand, Northern and Eastern Greenlanders call themselves Inughuit and Tunumiit, respectively. About 80% to 88% of Greenland's population...
sub-group of these people. The word Inuit (varying forms Iñupiat, Inuvialuit, Inughuit, etc.), however, is an ancient self-referential to a group of peoples which...
the bottom of the sea. (Rasmussen, 1921, p. 113) This myth is from the Inughuit (Polar Eskimos), of Smith Sound (in northern Greenland). Nerrivik Polar...
Greenland to Pituffik in search of the Northwest Passage and encounters the Inughuit (Greenlandic Inuit) of Cape York 1819: Royal Navy expedition aboard HMS Hecla...
west Greenland, and moved into east Greenland over the following century (Inughuit, Kalaallit and Tunumiit are modern Greenlandic Inuit groups descended from...
variety is Tunumiit oraasiat, or East Greenlandic. The language of the Inughuit (Thule Inuit) of Greenland, Inuktun or Polar Eskimo, is a recent arrival...
Nunavut; Greenland; Alaska, United States Greenlandic Inuit: Greenland Inughuit: North Greenland Kalaallit: West Greenland Tunumiit: East Greenland Inupiat...
nickel. During the (north) Polar Exploration of the early 20th century, Inughuit, northern Greenlandic Inuit, were found to be making iron knives from two...
ethnologist. He was the first university-trained ethnologist to study the Inughuit, the northernmost Greenlandic Inuit. Holtved was born in Fredericia, Denmark...
Aleut and other related peoples about 4,000 years ago, Inuit had reached Inughuit Nunaat[clarification needed] in western Greenland by about 1300 CE, bringing...
Schrire mentions diverse studies ranging from 15% to 80%. Polar Inuit (Inughuit) killed the child by throwing him or her into the sea. There is even a...
1908-1909 expedition. He has also been condemned for bringing back a group of Inughuit Greenlandic Inuit to the United States along with the Cape York meteorite...
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