Inupiat
noun
Inu·pi·at
i-ˈnü-pē-ˌät 
-ˈnyü-
variants
or Inupiaq
i-ˈnü-pē-ˌäk
-ˈnyü-
1
2
: the language of the Inupiat people
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The park lies within the traditional homelands of the Inupiat people, who still live in the area.
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Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2024
In other places in Northwest Alaska, the Northwest Inupiat Housing Authority provided help through the program to help the homeowners in Selawik, Noorvik, Ambler, Kobuk, Deering and Shungnak.
—Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2023
Meanwhile, in the icy waters of Beringia, Inupiat people listened and spoke to bowhead whales before their hunts.
—Camille Bromley, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2023
For others, like the Inupiat in northern Alaska, the land has never really been lost.
—Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2023
Yasuda and a group of Inupiat left Utqiaġvik and walked to the Yukon River to establish the community of Beaver.
—Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Apr. 2023
The North Slope Inupiat support responsible oil and gas development in the limited area called the Coastal Plain of ANWR.
—Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2022
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Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2024
In other places in Northwest Alaska, the Northwest Inupiat Housing Authority provided help through the program to help the homeowners in Selawik, Noorvik, Ambler, Kobuk, Deering and Shungnak.
—Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2023
Meanwhile, in the icy waters of Beringia, Inupiat people listened and spoke to bowhead whales before their hunts.
—Camille Bromley, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2023
For others, like the Inupiat in northern Alaska, the land has never really been lost.
—Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2023
Yasuda and a group of Inupiat left Utqiaġvik and walked to the Yukon River to establish the community of Beaver.
—Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Apr. 2023
The North Slope Inupiat support responsible oil and gas development in the limited area called the Coastal Plain of ANWR.
—Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2022
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Inupiat
noun
Inu·pi·at
in-ˈü-pē-ˌät
in-ˈyü-
1
plural Inupiat or Inupiats
: a member of the Eskimo people of northern Alaska
2
: the language of the Inupiat people
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