Innuit

[in-oo-it, -yoo-]

noun

plural

Innuits ,

plural

Innuit .

1. Inuit.

Innuit

/ ˈɪnjuːɪt /

noun

1. a variant spelling of Inuit

Example Sentences

In my seventy-two years on earth I had never met an Innuit and never imagined that I would.

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The Innuit are an aboriginal people historically mistreated by a white settler population; there were parallels between the plights of black South Africans and the Innuit people.

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What struck me so forcefully was how small the planet had become during my decades in prison; it was amazing to me that a teenaged Innuit living at the roof of the world could watch the release of a political prisoner on the southern tip of Africa.

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They say that the Creator made white men first, but was dissatisfied with them, regarded them as worthless unfinished creatures, and straightway set about making the Innuit people, who proved perfectly satisfactory.

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The Innuit are, on the whole, a gentle people, driven by the relentless need and severity of their lives into close and peaceful companionship.

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