Eskimo Controversy
Question: (Human)
Dear Sir or Madam
Below is the search that came up while I was using the computer for research. This is your ad on the search engine. I became interested and did a little research about the Eskimo meaning eaters of raw fish.
Please recheck your sources as my research shows Eskimo means Eater Of Raw "Flesh" not Fish.
Controversies - Is A Raw Diet Dangerous?
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diet that the notion of eating or feeding raw
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Eskimo means eater of raw fish. ...
Answer:
Thank you for bringing that to our attention.
Our research shows it actually doesn't mean either - the word eskipo in Cree means eater of raw meat, but the word Eskimo actually means "snowshoe-netter" or "lacing of a snowshoe."
Since there seems to be debate on it, we are just going to remove the statement from our literature. The point still remains: the natural diet is raw.