The word "Inuit" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it as a noun to refer to an indigenous Arctic people of North America or to describe their culture, language, or beliefs. For example, "The Inuit have traditionally relied on fishing and seal hunting for sustenance."
Visas can be arranged through Footloose Sea kayaking was invented in Greenland by Inuit hunters as a means of pursuing seals and whales, but today it is growing in popularity among holidaymakers keen to get up close to the majestic icebergs around the coast.
Mary Simon, who heads the body representing Canada's 50,000 Inuit, says her people do not oppose a military presence in the north, but want the government's emphasis to be on improving the lives of those who have always lived there.Yet the overwhelming majority of voters live in the south.
Yet although Mr Enoksen wept tears of joy in Nuuk, Greenland's capital, it is premature to assume that full Inuit independence will come quickly.Denmark has ruled Greenland since the 18th century.
A good chunk of this spending is required by the regulators, but the oil firms have gone beyond that, hoping to head off legal challenges from Inuit hunters and greens.Such suits have already played a part in holding up Shell's plans by several years, at enormous cost.
Organisers of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver made sure they had the blessing of the Inuit before they announced that the symbol of the games would be a traditional landmark known as an inunnguaq.
Life-expectancy in Greenland is lower than it is in China, in part because of alcoholism and suicide.Similar problems beset the 30,000 (mostly Inuit) people spread wide and far in Nunavut in Canada.
Current "scientific" population estimates are extrapolations from a statistical model, not real data.Nor do Inuit systematically overestimate polar-bear populations, as you suggested.
Blood circulation to the skin and hands is greater in Inuit people than in Europeans, protecting them from frostbite.
The Inuit eat seal meat and use the pelts for clothing, and some still use seal oil in lamps.
Inuit say males with the biggest tusks lead whale pods and that tusking displays, when two males rub their tusks together, appear more playful than aggressive.
But opinion is now moving towards ratification, pushed in part by the Inuit.
