Inupiaq
noun
a member of a group of Indigenous peoples inhabiting northern Alaska along the Bering, Chukchi, and Arctic coasts, and some distance inland.
Inupiat
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pluralof Inupiaq.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
Around 90% of her audience is Inupiat, an Alaska Native community.
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
Baker, who is from Kotzebue, is a construction operations manager for Kikiktagruk Inupiat Corp. and chairs a regional advisory council for the Federal Subsistence Board, according to information that was provided by Dunleavy’s office.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 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
