Inughuit
The Inughuit (also spelled Inuhuit), or the Smith Sound Inuit, historically Arctic Highlanders or Polar Eskimos, are Greenlandic Inuit. They are the northernmost group of Inuit and the northernmost people in North America, living in Greenland. Inughuit make up about 1% of the population of Greenland.
Minik Wallace, Inuk, c. 1890–1918, in New York | |
Total population | |
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800 (2010) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Greenland | |
Languages | |
Greenlandic (Inuktun), Danish | |
Religion | |
Inuit religion, Evangelical Lutheran |
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