Inupiaq

[ ih-noo-pee-ak, ih-nyoo- ]

noun

, plural I·nu·pi·at [ih-, noo, -pee-at, ih-, nyoo, -]

1. a member of a group of Indigenous peoples inhabiting northern Alaska along the Bering, Chukchi, and Arctic coasts, and some distance inland.
2. the Inuit language as spoken by the Inupiaq people.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Inupiaq¹

From Inupiaq inyupiaq (plural inyupiat ) “real person”

Example Sentences

Taking the award for playing the local sheriff in “True Detective: Night Country,” Foster thanked the “Inupiaq and Inuit people of northern Alaska, who just told us their stories, and they allowed us to listen. And that was just a blessing. It was love, love, love. And when you feel that, something amazing happens. It’s deep and wonderful, and it’s older than this place and this time. And that’s just the message, which is love and work equals art.”

From Los Angeles Times

She went on to thank her crew and her co-star Kali Reis, “and mostly the indigenous people, the Inupiaq and Inuit people of Northern Alaska, who told us their stories, and they allowed us to listen. And that was just a blessing. It was love, love, love. And when you feel that, something amazing happens. It’s deep and wonderful, and it’s older than this place in this time. And that’s just the message, which is love and work equals art.”

From Los Angeles Times

I wanted it to be during the long night, which means that this happens north of the Arctic Circle and those communities in northwest Alaska, are 60, 70, 80%, in some cases, made up of Inuit, Inupiaq in particular, communities.

From Los Angeles Times

“And when they got close enough to the seal, they would grab their harpoon and get the seal,” said Johnson, an Inupiaq originally from Nome.

From Seattle Times

The events give her a chance to explore her Inupiaq heritage, something she feels is slowing fading away from Nome, a Bering Sea coastal community.

From Seattle Times