SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -Alaska Natives increasingly prefer to be known by the names they use in their own languages, such as Inupiaq or Yupik. “Inuit” is now the current term in Alaska and across the Arctic, and “Eskimo” is fading from use. The Inuit Circumpolar Council prefers the term “Inuit” but some other organizations use “Eskimo".

Detailed explanation-2: -An Inuit person is known as an Inuk. The Inuit homeland is known as Inuit Nunangat, which refers to the land, water and ice contained in the Arctic region. Inuit-Inuktitut for “the people”-are an Indigenous people, the majority of whom inhabit the northern regions of Canada. An Inuit person is known as an Inuk.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Inuit are an indigenous people of the Arctic and subarctic regions of North America (parts of Alaska, Canada, and Greenland).