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Please help, find some information about Eskimos.

The Eskimos are one of the most dispersed groups of aboriginal people still leading the world in a segmented way of life. They live in a region that spans more than 3,500 miles, including Greenland, the northern fringe of North America, and a sector of eastern Siberia. They live in a region that spans more than 3,500 miles, including Greenland, the northern fringe of North America, and a sector of eastern Siberia.

Eskimos are racially distinct from American Indians, and are not, as previously believed, merely Indians transformed. Eskimo races are racially distinct from American Indians, and are not, as previously believed, merely Indians transformed. In fact, the Eskimos are most closely related to the Mongolian peoples of

eastern Asia. Eskimos consider themselves to be Inuit (The People). Eskimos consider themselves to be Inuit (The People). The Eskimo-Aleut languages are unrelated to any American Indian language groups.

Eskimos live in the northern part of North America, from Alaska to Greenland. In that area, winter is nine months long. There is snow and ice everywhere. Not long ago the Eskimo family lived in a house made lf ice and hard snow . It was called an "igloo". The igloo was heated by oil lamps. A hole is made in the roof for smoke or smell to escape. Today they live in houses made of wood and iron. Today they live in houses made of wood and iron. But some times they will live for a while in an igloo when they go hunting.

Many years ago, only the Eskimos lived in this land. The Eskimos had believed that they were the only people in the world. That means the people. Later when the American Indians met the Inuit, they called them Eskimos. That Indian word means "eaters of raw meat ".

The Eskimos lived in the northern part of North America from Alaska to Greenland. In that region the winter lasts nine months and is covered with snow and ice. Not long ago the Eskimos lived in a type of house called a snow house (or igloo) covered with ice and hard snow, and their houses were kept warm by oil lamps with a ventilating hole in the top. Nowadays their houses are mostly made of wood and metal, but they sometimes have to live inside a snow house (or igloo) when they hunt.

Many years ago, the island was inhabited only by Eskimos, who thought they were the only people in the world and called themselves "Inuit", meaning "human beings". Later, when the American Indians met them, they called them Eskimos, which means in Indian: people who eat raw food.