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From: abh6509@ritcv.UUCP (A. Hudson)
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Subject: Re: Sex is Funny to Eskimos
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Date: Tue, 11-Feb-86 11:11:49 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 11 11:11:49 1986
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In article <406@3comvax.UUCP> michaelm@3comvax.UUCP (Michael McNeil) writes:
>In article <15600029@uiucdcsb> render@uiucdcsb.CS.UIUC.EDU writes:
>
>I remember hearing (on a nature program about the far north I believe
>it was, but I don't recall which right now), that only in Canada is the
>term Inuit used for Eskimos.  In Alaska they are still known as Eskimo.  
>
>As far as I'm able to recollect from my memory of the program, Alaskan
>Eskimos do not find this name offensive.  Can someone with more direct
>knowledge of the Eskimo in contemporary Alaska shed more light on this?  
>
>Michael McNeil

Eskimo is a traditional name for a certain ethnic group inhabiting
Northern and Western Alaska. They call themselves eskimo. 
The Inuit are a separate ethnic group of Northern Canada.
To us they may seem pretty similar and they may have evolved from
the same asiatic migration. They, however, consider themselves
different. 

When I was a kid I spent a couple years in a small fishing village
on the Western face of Alaska and learned some of the culture.

I think the real point of this discussion (why is it in net.singles???)
is whether or not Northern Native Americans have a more relaxed
attitude towards sex. Can anyone answer this??

A. Hudson