Inupiaq
Americannoun
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Inupiat
plural
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a member of a group of Indigenous peoples inhabiting northern Alaska along the Bering, Chukchi, and Arctic coasts, and some distance inland.
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the Inuit language as spoken by the Inupiaq people.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Inupiaq
From Inupiaq inyupiaq (plural inyupiat ) “real person”
Example Sentences
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It’s all made for a long three years for Mama Sue, a devout Christian and a retired tribal doctor who practiced traditional medicine in Inupiaq villages.
From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2023
Austin Ahmasuk, an Inupiaq native, said the port’s original construction displaced an area traditionally used for subsistence hunting or fishing, and the expansion won’t help.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 18, 2023
Wales is a small town, mainly consisting of the native Inupiaq people.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2023
“It’s a remarkable evolution, really,” said William L. Iggiagruk Hensley, 81, a Democrat who is Inupiaq and served as a state senator.
From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2022
But the essay, which was co-written by Inupiaq, Hadia, Ahtna and Supiaq researchers, along with experts from other Native communities, also highlights how Indigenous cultural practices helped communities stave off hunger.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
The best story in “Letters” is the first, in which Ada Blackjack, a young Inupiat woman, is the sole survivor of an ill-fated Arctic expedition begun in 1921.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
Much of the programming is delivered by Elders in the Inupiat language.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2025
According to the study, domestic Eurasian reindeer were introduced into western Alaska in the 1890s to offer an additional source of food and fiber for local Inupiat, Indigenous people native to northern Alaska.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024
Rosemary Ahtuangaruak, the mayor of Nuiqsut, an Inupiat community near the proposed Willow project, said late Tuesday evening that she was disappointed by the administration’s finding.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
The most strident criticism came in the form of a dense, multipage epistle from Ambler, a tiny Inupiat village on the Kobuk River north of the Arctic Circle.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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