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From: Steve Hayes <>
Subject: Re: Most recent common ancestors
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 07:36:33 +0200
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On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 18:57:50 -0500, Denis Beauregard <>
wrote:

>"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.

Are there Inuit in Alaska?

But even if there are, not all Eskimos are Inuit.


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