A Dictionary of American History

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Author: Thomas L. Purvis  | Date: 1995

Inuit

Inuit This word means “the people” in the Eskimo-Aleut language and is the term they call themselves instead of Eskimo, which is a derivation in the Algonquian languages meaning “raw-meat eater.”

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Chicago: Thomas L. Purvis, "Inuit," A Dictionary of American History in A Dictionary of American History (Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell Reference, 1995), Original Sources, accessed April 25, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=PWE6EGQ5XGIXQ4D.

MLA: Purvis, Thomas L. "Inuit." A Dictionary of American History, in A Dictionary of American History, Cambridge, Mass., Blackwell Reference, 1995, Original Sources. 25 Apr. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=PWE6EGQ5XGIXQ4D.

Harvard: Purvis, TL, 'Inuit' in A Dictionary of American History. cited in 1995, A Dictionary of American History, Blackwell Reference, Cambridge, Mass.. Original Sources, retrieved 25 April 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=PWE6EGQ5XGIXQ4D.