The Northern Inuit dog has never been used by the indigenous peoples inhabiting the arctic region. Over the years various groups have split from the original Northern Inuit Society (formed in mid 1990s) to form their own breed groups, including The British Timber dog, Anglo Wulfdog, The British Inuit Dog Club, and The Utonagan Society; the latter has also now splintered into different groups which one is now the Tamaskan dog.