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Inupiaq

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I·nu·pi·aq  (-np-k, -äk, -ny-)
n. pl. Inupiaq or I·nu·pi·aqs or I·nu·pi·at (-t, -ät) or I·nu·pi·ats
1. A member of a group of Eskimoan peoples inhabiting the northwest and northern coastal areas of Alaska.
2. The language of the Inupiaq. See Usage Notes at Eskimo, Inuit.

[Inupiaq iñupiaq, original person : iñuk, person + -pia-, real + -q, sing. suff.]


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Novak, an Alaskan Inupiaq now living in Groton, have brought traditional and modern artifacts, crafts, paintings, beadwork and jewelry representing tribal nations across the country.
Ipiutak are culturally distinct from the western Thule, who were whale hunters that are more clearly ancestors of the modern Inupiaq.
It's been a long winter for this 300-strong Inupiaq village, perched at the edge of the Arctic Ocean where the sun doesn't rise at all for three months and temperatures regularly reach -50[degrees]C.
 
 
 
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