Inuit: The People of the Arctic
The native people that live in the Northern-Polar Regions of the world refer to themselves as "Inuit", or as Americans like to call them "Eskimos." The Inuit are nomadic tribes who live their life's very different from the rest of the world. They base their life on beliefs, customs, habits, traditions, and culture that are very different from the American culture. The culture of the Inuit is a very miss-understood culture and it is proven in this essay that the Inuit are more than just savage, seal, killing Indians, that sleep in ice houses, live in below freezing weather and only kiss with their noses.
"Inuit" is a word that means "the people", which is how they refer to themselves. Until recently outsiders called the Inuit, "Eskimos" which means "eaters of meat." Scientists have placed the Inuit in a separate anthropological category, while the Inuit are closely related to the native of Northern Asia, which is were they originally came from.......
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