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Note: In some places, especially Canada, the word "Eskimo" itself is considered politically incorrect. It's a mispronunciation of Inuit ("The people" in Inuktitut), with "Inuk" being the term for an individual of this group. On the other hand, "Inuit" itself is specific to a single Eskimo people, and in some places Eskimos who aren't Inuit welcome being called Inuit about as much as Welshmen relish being called English. The natives peoples of Canada (and also the far north of the U.S.A.) are more generally known as the First Nations.
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== Western Animation ==
* [[Cartoon Network]]'s ''What a Cartoon!'' featured an episode called "Pizza Boy," where the title character has to deliver a pizza in "[[Thirty Minutes or
** The joke was based on a true story. In the early 1990s a McDonald's franchise was opened in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, the first one in northern Canada. Within a few months it became trendy for Inuit living in the far north to have McDonald's ship pizza and burger orders up via air cargo on the weekly transport. Even after the national office discontinued the McPizza, the Yellowknife franchise still carried them because the demand was so high. In 2000 the franchise earned more profit per square foot than any other franchise in Canada, and 20% of their income was from pizza.
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', and [[Sequel Series]] ''[[The Legend of Korra (Animation)|The Legend of Korra]],'' with their shared [[Far East]] fantasy setting, have the Southern and Northern [[Elemental Nation|Water Tribes]], [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture|Fantasy Counterpart Cultures]] that draw primarily from Inuit culture with a smattering of [[Culture Chop Suey|other influences]]. Its presentation combines stereotypical elements ([[Polar Bears and Penguins]] via [[Mix
* ''[[Nanooks Great Hunt]]'', a fairly obscure animated series about an Inuit boy on a quest to save his father, who has been captured by a malevolent Polar Bear god. Set in the late 19th century or thereabouts, many episodes revolved around the culture clash between the traditional Inuit ways & the encroaching modern world.
* Averted in the Greenland episode of [[Kika And Bob]] (which is kinda surprising, considering that this animated series often embraces ethnic stereotypes): The Inuits of Greenland live in houses and resent being called "eskimos".
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