Inughuit
Minik Wallace, an Inughuaq boy, in New York, 1897 | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 800 (2010) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Greenland | |
| Languages | |
| Greenlandic (Inuktun), Danish | |
| Religion | |
| Inuit religion, Evangelical Lutheran |
The Inughuit (singular: Inughuaq), Inuhuit, or Smith Sound Inuit, historically called Arctic Highlanders or Polar Eskimos, are an ethnic subgroup of the Greenlandic Inuit. They are the northernmost group of Inuit and the northernmost people in North America, living in Greenland. Inughuit make up about 1% of the population of Greenland.