Innuit
Americannoun
noun
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In my seventy-two years on earth I had never met an Innuit and never imagined that I would.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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The year before, they said, the people in the south are better than you, they give us plenty to eat;—now they said, "You are the Innuit, our true friends, we will never leave you more."
From The Moravians in Labrador by Anonymous
From the seal they have learned to make the igloo, which is the house of the Innuit.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
Mr. Hall made several sledge excursions with his Innuit friends.
From North-Pole Voyages by Mudge, Zachariah Atwell
On one I will drive Nunaga away to the far-south, where the Innuit who have much iron dwell.
From Red Rooney The Last of the Crew by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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