Eskimo (/ ˈɛskɪmoʊ /) is an exonym that refers to two closely related Indigenous peoples: Inuit (including the Alaska Native Iñupiat, the Canadian Inuit, and the Greenlandic Inuit) and the Yupik (or Yuit) of eastern Siberia and Alaska.

2025年3月25日 · Despite the more recent interpretations of its meaning, the term Eskimo —once widely used in Alaska—is considered pejorative and offensive. By the 21st century it had been widely supplanted by the name Inuit. The Inuit are politically organized within their own jurisdictions as well as internationally.

爱斯基摩人 （Eskimos 或 Esquimaux）是 北美洲 北部（包括 美国 阿拉斯加 北部、 加拿大 和 格陵蘭）的 因纽特人 以及 阿拉斯加 西部和俄羅斯 西伯利亚 东北部的 尤皮克人 的总称， 阿留申人 与前两 种族 有一定的亲缘关系。 [1] 两者使用很相似的 语言，均属于 爱斯基摩－阿留申语系。 對於愛斯基摩人這個詞的詞源起源，已經假設了各種理論。 2[3][4][5][6][7] 根據史密森尼語言學家 艾夫斯·戈達爾 （英语：Ives Goddard） 的說法，這個詞在詞源上源於 因努-艾蒙語 （英 …

“爱斯基摩人”是印第安人送给他们的一个带有嘲笑性质的名称，意思是“吃生肉的人”。 因纽特人的确吃生肉，而且他们更喜欢保存了一段时间并稍腐败的肉，因纽特传统观点认为将肉做熟实在是对食物的糟蹋。 其实这也是对北极寒冷的一种适应，在外打猎的人是没有希望随处生火的。 因纽特人的传统食谱全是肉类：海洋里的鱼类、海豹、海象以及鲸类，陆地上的驯鹿、麝牛、北极熊以及 …

2021年3月29日 · The word “Eskimo” was once commonly used to refer to the two main Indigenous groups in the Arctic: the Inuit of northern Alaska, Canada, and Greenland, and the Yupik of western Alaska, south-central Alaska, and the Russian Far East. It is now considered a derogatory term, and the Indigenous people of Greenland, Alaska, and Canada prefer the ...

Once known as Eskimos, the Inuit inhabit the Arctic region, one of the most forbidding territories on earth. Occupying lands that stretch 12,000 miles from parts of Siberia, along the Alaskan coast, across Canada, and on to Greenland, the Inuit are one of the most widely dispersed people in the world, but number only about 60,000 in population.

Although the name "Eskimo" was commonly used in Alaska to refer to Inuit and Yupik people of the world, this usage is now considered unacceptable by many or even most Alaska Natives, largely since it is a colonial name imposed by non-Indigenous people.

Eskimo, more commonly called Inuit, is a term used to describe people who primarily live in the far north, usually the Arctic. The Arctic is located north of the Arctic Circle, and although it has extreme cold temperatures, Eskimos have adapted to …

Many individuals who would have historically been referred to as Eskimo find that term offensive or forced upon them in a colonial way, Inuit is now a common autonym for a large sub-group of these people.

Eskimos or Esquimaux is a term referring to aboriginal people who, together with the related Aleuts, inhabit the circumpolar region, excluding Scandinavia and most of Russia, but including the easternmost portions of Siberia. They are culturally and biologically distinguishable from other Native Americans in the United States and Canada.