Todd Palin may have some “aboriginal” blood, but he looks about as much like an eskimo as John McCain does.
Now Palin's group, in particular, is different than all the other tribes of humanity who've ever moved to America.
For one thing, the members in America speak essentially the same language as the members in Siberia.
The Yup'ik Eskimos are also closely related to the Yakutian people ~ who live in Yakutia in Russia.
The Yakut, in turn, consist of two groups ~ those who herd reindeer, and those who herd other animals (and all fish and hunt sea animals).
Just over a couple of thousand years ago (+ a couple of hundreds) a bunch of them made the Long March all the way to Nepal, conquered the area (and much of India), and birthed Buddha.
Several hundred years later they were driven out of the area and retraced the Long March all the way back to Yakutia.
They husbanded their resources for a short while, then, at the dawn of the Dark Ages (circa 538AD) they headed South and conquered Korea and began the conquest of Japan.
The latter conquest took several hundred years ~ Japan's ruling class is essentially identical to the Yakut and the Yup'ik.
And that ain't bad for a bunch of guys who'd rather spear a seal than sit around an office peddling BS.
I look forward to the adventures of Mr. Palin as he meets the challenges of life in DC.