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Gotcha, so then, then the appropriate word would be whichever specific group you're talking about (Inuit, Yupik, Aleut, etc), or a less racist umbrella category
by fwip 5y ago
Gotcha, so then, then the appropriate word would be whichever specific group you're talking about (Inuit, Yupik, Aleut, etc), or a less racist umbrella category that describes who you mean, like "indigenous people in the pacific northwest."
- nextaccountic 5y agoWikipedia sees to imply that Inuinnaq is a more appropriate word, but I can't find mention of it elsewhere on the Web. Google returns only about 2000 results and they are not helpful.
- jcims 5y agoOr do what I would do in this case is generally withdraw from the conversation. I really don't want to needlessly offend folks by using terms out of favor, but upon reading the Wikipedia article it's clear I don't have remotely sufficient understanding of the cultures to successfully address the same population with some substitute that I naively pull out of my ass.