"Jim Carter" wrote:
"Floyd L. Davidson" wrote in message
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Don't say that to anyone in Alaska, because the might laugh at
you. Even the Inupiat people (who actually are Inuit) don't use
the term Inuit.
Floyd L. Davidson http://web.newsguy.com/floyd_davidson
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)
Hi Floyd: What you have mentioned may be true of the Western Arctic but
not so in the Eastern Arctic. The term Inuit is used by "the people" and
they absolutely detest the name Eskimo. It is considered, by themselves,
to be a racial slur. You are very correct when you say it was probably
started by Government's and the white traders despicable treatments of the
Inuit in times past.
I have yet to meet a Canadian or Greenland Eskimo who actually
got upset about the term Eskimo. What they get upset about is
the attitude of *people*, not the terminology.
Every single one of them that I've met were well aware of the
proper use of the the term, and had no problem with it.
You realize of course that it is rarely ever needed in Canada or
Greenland, simply because all of the Eskimos there are indeed
Inuit.
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Floyd L. Davidson http://web.newsguy.com/floyd_davidson
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)