Dreyer's will abandon the name of its signature Eskimo Pie ice cream in order not to offend the Eskimos - a group of indigenous people living in Greenland, Alaska, Nunavut and eastern Chukotka.
" The visual design of ice cream will also change - now the logo depicts a boy in traditional Eskimo clothes.
Eskimo was invented in 1920 by Christian Nelson and confectioner Russell Stover. Two years later, they patented and sold their invention in the wake of the growing popularity of ice cream in the United States..