List of Greenlandic Inuit
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Inuit
The Inuit are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Canada , Denmark , Russia and the United States . Inuit means “the people” in the Inuktitut language...
or Kalaallit
Kalaallit
Kalaallit is the contemporary term in the Kalaallisut language for the indigenous people living in Greenland, also called the Kalaallit Nunaat. The singular term is kalaaleq. The Kalaallit are a part of the Arctic Inuit people. The language spoken by Inuit in Greenland is Kalaallisut.Historically,...
people. The Arctic
Arctic
The Arctic is a region located at the northern-most part of the Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean and parts of Canada, Russia, Greenland, the United States, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. The Arctic region consists of a vast, ice-covered ocean, surrounded by treeless permafrost...
and subarctic
Subarctic
The Subarctic is a region in the Northern Hemisphere immediately south of the true Arctic and covering much of Alaska, Canada, the north of Scandinavia, Siberia, and northern Mongolia...
dwelling Inuit (formerly referred to as Eskimo
Eskimo
Eskimos or Inuit–Yupik peoples are indigenous peoples who have traditionally inhabited the circumpolar region from eastern Siberia , across Alaska , Canada, and Greenland....
) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples.
- ArnarsaqArnarsaqArnarsaq , was an Inuit translator, interpreter and missionary, assistant to Paul Egede, H.C. Glahn and J. Sverdrup from Greenland. She and Hans Punngujooq translated the Bible into the Inuit language...
, translator, interpreter and missionary - Aron of KangeqAron of KangeqAron of Kangeq was a Greenland Inuit hunter, painter, and oral historian. His paintings are noted for their depiction of Inuit culture and history. His storytelling is known to children's literature in Greenland....
, hunter, painter, and oral historian - Hans HendrikHans HendrikHans Hendrik, also known as Hans Christian, native name Suersaq , was a Greenlandic Arctic traveller and interpreter, born in the southern settlement of Fiskernaes .-Supporting the Kane Expedition:...
, Arctic traveller and interpreter - Kuupik KleistKuupik KleistJakob Edvard Kuupik Kleist is a Socialist and Left-wing Greenlandic politician. He became the fifth Prime Minister of Greenland in 2009, the first from the Inuit Ataqatigiit political party....
, Prime Minister of Greenland - Henrik LundHenrik LundHenning Jakob Henrik Lund or Intel'eraq was a Greenlandic lyricist, painter and priest. He wrote the lyrics to "Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit,"in the indigenous Greenlandic language, an Eskimo–Aleut language...
, lyricist, painter and priest - Angaangaq LyberthAngaangaq LyberthAngaangaq is a Kalaallit Inuk who was asked by his people to be a shaman. He has been quoted on the effects of global warming in Greenland...
, shaman - Lena Pedersen, Canadian politician, born in Greenland
- Bishop Sofie Petersen (b. 1955), Lutheran Bishop of Greenland
- Minik WallaceMinik WallaceMinik Wallace was an Inuit brought as a child in 1897 from Greenland to New York with his father and others by the explorer Robert Peary. The six Inuit were studied by staff of the American Museum of Natural History, which had custody...
(ca. 1890—1918), living exhibit - Karla Jessen Williamson, activist, educator and researcher