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Eskimos  

Definition

  • Use to refer collectively to the Inuit peoples and the related Eskimo peoples of southern and western Alaska and adjacent regions of Siberia, or for when the individual group cannot be identified; for the indigenous Arctic peoples of Greenland, Canada and northern Alaska, use Inuit [LCSH, alt.]

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  • Eskimauan Indians

Notation

  • 119457

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-T5J02Q7Z-V

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