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I've got one-- just finished "Ordinary Wolves". Great read about being raised white in an Inuit community.
I've lost track. Is this the time when Thor starts linking bear/people stories, or does that happen later in the year?
We just use different terms...
I've long-since parked my "attitude" on American usage, in the US. Ask an Alaskan what he or she wishes to be called...
Just my native-born Canuckistani opinion, eh?![]()
Once upon a time where I come from that would have been called a very colonial opinion.![]()

The word 'eskimo' has almost a pejorative meaning in Canada now. Inuit is the term used.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo
Would appear it is not. But is not quite descriptive of the people who inhabit arctic Canada. Wiki says the Alaskan natives do not call themselves Inuit.
Eskimo seems to refer to all the different tribes and cultures of the arctic except the Aleut.
The Sami and Nenets might disagree.
We just use different terms...
I've long-since parked my "attitude" on American usage, in the US. Ask an Alaskan what he or she wishes to be called...
Just my native-born Canuckistani opinion, eh?![]()
I asked an Inuit/Eskimo what he preferred to be called. He told me "Dave" worked just fine.
Hmmmm ...oh yeah?
How would you know what mine looks like??![]()
You DO know me.