Affinity Bloc: North American Peoples

Overview: The Arctic Peoples people cluster encompasses three distinct Arctic groups who are entirely unrelated to other major North American Indigenous peoples. The Inuit are Indigenous peoples of the Arctic regions of North America and Greenland. The Yupik are Indigenous Arctic peoples of western and southwestern Alaska and the Russian Far East (Chukotka). The Aleut are Indigenous Arctic peoples of the Aleutian Islands, Pribilof Islands, and parts of the Alaska Peninsula. While ethnically distinct, these three groups share cultural traits rooted in their adaptation to Arctic and sub-Arctic environments.

Peoples within this cluster: Aleut, Eastern; Inuit Creole; Inuit, Eastern Canadian; Inuit, Greenlandic; Inuit, Western Canadian; Inupiat, North Alaskan; Inupiat, Northwest Alaska; Yupik, Central; Yupik, Pacific; Yupik, St. Lawrence Island

Countries where they are found: Canada; Denmark; Greenland; United States