"the people" in Inuktitut.

Inuit are the Aboriginal people of Arctic Canada. The word "Inuit" means "the people" in Inuktitut, the Inuit language, and is the term by which Inuit refer to themselves. The term "Eskimo", applied to Inuit by European explorers, is no longer used in Canada. (Source: Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development)

A people who originally lived in the Arctic

An Aboriginal people in northern Canada, who live above the tree line in the Northwest Territories, and in Northern Quebec and Labrador. The word means "people" in the Inuit language - Inuktitut. The singular of Inuit is Inuk.