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To: MJ who wrote (337926)	12/10/2009 12:41:36 AM
From: ManyMoose	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793928

The two are related. I'm reading a book now that talks about Eskimo in a non-pejorative sense. It's written by a white man, Peter Streuchen, who lived as one for many years. The people he describes are incredibly hardy, clever, and devious. They will go to great lengths to deceive a fool. For example, if they are tired of someone who has worn out his welcome they will serve him rotten meat and eat it with him while extolling its virtues. I think this is what I think they are doing to us all now. Wikipedia has this (bold added): In Alaska, the term Eskimo is commonly used, because it includes both Yupik and Inupiat, while Inuit is not accepted as a collective term or even specifically used for Inupiat. No universal replacement term for Eskimo, inclusive of all Inuit and Yupik people, is accepted across the geographical area inhabited by the Inuit and Yupik peoples.[1] In Canada and Greenland, the term Eskimo has fallen out of favour, as it is considered pejorative by the natives and has been replaced by the term Inuit. The Canadian Constitution Act of 1982, sections 25 and 35 recognized the Inuit as a distinctive group of Canadian aboriginals.[2] Eskimo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (9 December 2009) en.wikipedia.org Inuit (plural; the singular Inuk means "man" or "person") is a general term for a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Canada, Greenland, Russia and the United States.[2] The Inuit language is grouped under Eskimo-Aleut languages.[3] Inuit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (9 December 2009) en.wikipedia.org Yupik The Yupik or, in the Central Alaskan Yup'ik language, Yup'ik, are a group of indigenous or aboriginal peoples of western, southwestern, and southcentral Alaska and the Russian Far East. Yupik - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (9 December 2009) en.wikipedia.org