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From: Denis Beauregard <>
Subject: Re: Most recent common ancestors
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 18:57:50 -0500
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On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 14:33:40 -0900, (Floyd L.
Davidson) wrote in soc.genealogy.medieval:

>Denis Beauregard <> wrote:
>>
>>Inuit is how they call themselves and means something like "us".
>>Eskimo is how they are called by Crees and means "raw meat eaters".
>
>That sure sounds good eh? Makes your little Western heart feel good...
>
>Of course none of that is true, other than the term probably does
>derive from the Algonquin language spoken by the Cree. Some think
>it came from "snowshoe netter" others think it came from "people
>who speak a different language".

So many web sites say it comes from raw meat eater that I will
ask your source.

For example:

http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/pr/pub/wf/trmrslt_e.asp?term=9


Eskimo

"Eskimo" is the term once given to Inuit by European explorers and is
now rarely used in Canada. It is derived from an Algonquin term
meaning "raw meat eaters," and many people find the term offensive.
The term is still frequently used in the United States in reference to
Inuit in Alaska.

The Crees were initially the "continental" natives living not too
far from Inuits. They were around Hudson Bay's where the English
had their forts when France was still controlling the St.Lawrence
valley. Because of that proximity, they increased their power and
were later present in a wider area.

While Algonquins and Crees were speaking similar languages, they
are not the same. The language family is called Algonquian.
See for example:
http://www.native-languages.org/famalg.htm


>Inuit doesn't mean "us" either. It makes reference to a person
>with a genuine human spirit. That is as opposed to a non-human
>masquerading as a human and still with its own non-human spirit.

From the same source:

http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/pr/info/info114_e.html


Obviously, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada is not a relevant
site...


Denis


>(That is a difficult concept for Christians to understand. But
>consider that some women commonly maquerade as a shrew and some
>men commonly masquerade as a bear. Well, shrews and bears can
>masquerade as humans too! And in fact, some humans you think
>are masquerading as animals might actually *be* animals
>masquerading as humans...)

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