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Confused about the word Eskimo? It's a commonly used term referring to the native peoples of Alaska and other Arctic regions, including Siberia, Canada and Greenland. It comes from a Central ...

Ancient human DNA is shedding light on the peopling of the Arctic region of the Americas, revealing that the first people there did not leave any genetic descendants in the New World, unlike ...

Changing attitudes toward the word "Eskimo" were recognized at the national level on Friday when President Barack Obama signed legislation that replaced that term with "Alaska Native" in federal laws.

As humans spread out of Africa and settled the rest of the world tens of thousands of years ago, one geographic location was the last frontier that people conquered: the North American Arctic. The ...

Anyone who is familiar with the Vail Symposium embraces the eclectic and stimulating programs they offer. From political discourses and debates, the arts, architecture and foreign films, the ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska - This is Nicole Johnston's 28th year as either an athlete, coach or administrator in the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics, which will be held July 15-18 at the Carlson Center. This ...

New DNA evidence suggests that an ancient people lived and survived in complete isolation in the North American Arctic for more than 4,000 years before dying out 700 years ago. These people, called ...

Eskimos do not suffer from diabetes or cancer, rarely from hardening of the arteries. Yet they subsist almost entirely on meat. The possible relationship between such absence of disease and the ...

As the word 'Eskimo' gets ready to depart from writing and polite conversation, I've regretted having to say goodbye, so I called an old friend who hasn't liked the word for a long time. While I was ...