From what I can find online this seems to be an American invention. Do they mean Kiviak [0] possibly which sounds like it was invented as a form of food preserv

From what I can find online this seems to be an American invention. Do they mean Kiviak [0] possibly which sounds like it was invented as a form of food preservation? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiviak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiviak