Who decided that eskimos should become inuits, did they have any say in the matter?

Answer 1

Inuit refers to people of the Canadian Arctic. They prefer the term over Eskimo which they find offensive. The word Eskimo is still used to refer to native people of Yupik in Alaska and Russia, they dislike being called Inuit. The two seperate groups speak different languages.

Answer 2

The terms Inuit and Eskimo are the names applied to the Arctic-adapted groups who live in the region extending all the way from eastern Siberia to Greenland. Biological, linguistic and archaeological evidence indicates that these people (and the Aleuts of the Aleutian Islands) are distinct from other aboriginal populations of the Americas and probably derive from a more recent population movement out of Asia. Today the term "Eskimo" is widely thought to mean "eaters of raw meat" and to be rather insulting—in fact, that's probably not what it means although the exact source of the word isn't clear]. The term "Inuit" is also used by some people to describe all these populations although it is only in the dialects of some of the groups who live in the Canadian Arctic that this word is used for self-designation.

Answer 3

Idiots. Inuit is the Eskimo word for person. They simply use that word to describe themselves.

Answer 4

Inuit's is the name they have always had, Eskimo's is
a western given name and quite wrong .

Answer 5

I think they were inuits before we called them eskimos!

Answer 6

they did. Eskimo comes from a French word, I think. Inuit is their own word, as is Nunavut and the other place names.

Answer 7

Inuit is what an eskimo calls himself.As malamute is what he calls what we call a husky.

Answer 8

Apparently Yupik Eskimos don't respond to 'Inuit'. They prefer Yupik OR Eskimo.

Answer 9

Ai first they didn't like it ,but they got inuit after a while...Bwahahahahhahaha,,I kill me..

Answer 10

I think that when they migrated up to inutisville they pretty much brought that title upon themselves