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[QUOTE="Donn Cave, post: 1732863"]
Dennis> I believe (but will admit that there is a chance that it is a
Dennis> localized group) that "Eskimo" has been superceded by
Dennis> "Inuit".

I considered "Inuit", but thought that "Inuit" related to "Eskimo" as
"Cherokee" related to "American Indian" (also no p.c. but common usage until
the last 20 years or so).  So, I guess the [OT] pop quiz of the day is (fill
in the blank):

"Native American" is to "American Indian" as ______ is to "Eskimo".

Anyone in the .ca domain care to educate the .us folks?[/QUOTE]

I'm a few hours south of that border, but then the people
in question aren't confined to Canada anyway.

The way I understand it, Eskimo still prevails, in the absence
of any general alternative.

Your understanding of Inuit agrees with mine - they might well
prefer that term, but Yupik Eskimo people presumably wouldn't.
The only clear error is to confuse the Aleuts with Eskimos.

Donn Cave, [email]donn@u.washington.edu[/email]
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