Inuit

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Young Alaskan Inuit

traditional semisubterranean dwelling of North American Arctic and subarctic peoples

igluvigaq being built

Eskimo man with a large handheld drum made of walrus stomach or bladder, Nunivak Island, 1929.

walrus ivory shaman figure

painted wooden mask

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Andrew Jackson delivering a speech while on his way to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration in 1829. From Harper's Weekly, 1881.

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Also Known As	Innuit

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Young Alaskan Inuit

traditional semisubterranean dwelling of North American Arctic and subarctic peoples

igluvigaq being built

Eskimo man with a large handheld drum made of walrus stomach or bladder, Nunivak Island, 1929.

walrus ivory shaman figure

painted wooden mask

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Labrador Eskimo Baffinland Eskimo Nuniwarmiut Mackenzie Eskimo Central Eskimo Indigenous Peoples’ Day Aleut Thule culture Ipiutak culture Inugsuk culture Sami Khanty and Mansi Sakha Nenets Yupiit Evenk Enets Nganasan Dolgan Even

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Nansen, Fridtjof

Fridtjof Nansen

Norwegian explorer and scientist