The word Innuit comes from a common sorta language of the "frozen
North". As a claim to a name, it probably belongs to the Innu:
The Innu, formerly known as the Naskapi-Montagnais Indians, are an
Algonkian-speaking people whose homeland (Nitassinan) is the eastern
portion of the Québec-Labrador peninsula. The word "Innu" means "human
being", and the Innu language is called "Innu-aimun." Today there are over
16,000 Innu who live in eleven communities in Québec and two in Labrador.
They used words to describe people by characteristics that made them stand
out, like "he who wears fluffy pink bunny boots" given to whatsisname in
the fabulous sendup of "Hotshots".
Inuit are another people who live near the Arctic. Their homeland stretches
from the northeastern tip of Russia across Alaska and northern Canada to
parts of Greenland. Inuit refers to the people formerly called Eskimos. The
term Eskimo derives from a Innu word that meant 'eater of raw meat'. I
couldn't find anyone who took the responsibility for inventing the change
of name that they used when communicating with the "dead fish" - the early
Caucasians going there. They might prefer the name Inuit today, which only
means 'the people' or 'real people' and comes from a language called
Inuit-Inupiaq. The singular of Inuit is Inuk, which means 'person'.
(From various sources)
Peace! Or Else!
Himagain Just thought I'd throw that in, in the light of how these
nonsense things get outta hand so easily.
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