Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Esquimós" in Portuguese language version.
Some people regard the word Eskimo as offensive, and the peoples inhabiting the regions of northern Canada and parts of Greenland and Alaska prefer to call themselves Inuit. The term Eskimo, however, is the only one that covers both the Inuit and the Yupik peoples of Siberia, the Aleutian islands, and the Alaska, and it's still widely used. Tradução: "Algumas pessoas consideram a palavra esquimó como ofensiva, e os povos que habitam as regiões do norte do Canadá e partes da Groenlândia preferem chamar a si próprios de inuítes. Todavia o termo esquimó é o único que abrange tanto os inuítes como os yupiks da Sibéria, das ilhas Aleutas e do Alasca, sendo ainda amplamente utilizado."
Today, the term "Eskimo" is viewed as the "non preferred term". Some Inuit find the term offensive or derogatory.
The term "Eskimo,"applied to Inuit by European explorers, is no longer used in Canada.
Although the name 'Eskimo' is commonly used in Alaska to refer to all Inuit and Yupik people of the world, this name is considered derogatory in many other places because it was given by non-Inuit people and was said to mean 'eater of raw meat'.
Although the name 'Eskimo' is commonly used in Alaska to refer to all Inuit and Yupik people of the world, this name is considered derogatory in many other places because it was given by non-Inuit people and was said to mean 'eater of raw meat'.
