Inupiats

Iñupiat

Iñupiat sharing a kunik at a Nalukataq, in Barrow, Alaska
Total population
(13,500)
Regions with significant populations
North and northwest Alaska (United States)
Languages
North Alaskan Inupiatun, Northwest Alaskan Inupiatun, English
Religion
Animism
Related ethnic groups
Inuit, Yupik

The Iñupiat (or Inupiaq) are an Alaskan Native people, whose traditional territory spans Norton Sound on the Bering Sea to the Canada–United States border. Their current communities include seven Alaskan villages in the North Slope Borough, affiliated with the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation; eleven villages in Northwest Arctic Borough; and sixteen villages affiliated with the Bering Straits Regional Corporation.

Iñupiat (/ɪˈnʊpɪɑːt/ or /ɪˈnjuːpɪæt/) formerly Inyupik, is the plural form of the name for the people, and the name of their language; Iñupiaq ([i.ˈnü.pē.äk]) is the singular form (also sometimes refers to the language), and Iñupiak ([i.ˈnü.pē.ɑːk]) is the dual form; the root words are iñuk 'person' and -piaq 'real', i.e. the combined meaning of the self-referential is 'real people'.