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Tuesday, September 16, 2008 12:00 AM

Sarah Palin's powerful "First Dude"

Todd Palin has exerted unusual influence on his wife's Alaska government. In Washington, their methods would do Bush and Cheney proud.
By Mike Madden

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  • Tuesday, September 16, 2008 04:24 PM

    Esikmo

    "Eskimo" is considered a slur... He is part Inuit - I can see it in his face, and in the face of his children... It's subtle, but it's there.

    Eskimo is only considered a slur in Greenland and Canada, it is not in Alaska and Siberian Russia.

    The reason is because of the Yupik, a group distinct from the Inuit. Todd Palin is part Yupik, not Inuit.

    The term Eskimo is used when referring to both Yupik and Inuit together, and often to just Yupik.

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