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Alaska Native dancer performing in a kuspuk Man wearing a contemporary kuspuk Senator Lisa Murkowski wearing a kuspuk. A kuspuk (/ ˈ ɡ ʌ s. p ʌ k /) (Central Yupik: qaspeq; [1] [2] Inupiaq: atikłuk [3] [4]) is a hooded overshirt with a large front pocket commonly worn among Alaska Natives. [5]
Lily Hope (born 1980, Juneau) is an Alaska Native artist, designer, teacher, weaver, Financial Freedom planner, and community facilitator. [1] She is primarily known for her skills at weaving customary Northwest Coast ceremonial regalia such as Chilkat robes and ensembles.
Lil' Poundcake is the stage name of the fictional character Gertrude Poundcakenstein. [2] She has been described as a "deranged and angry" beauty pageant "competitor from hell" created by drag performers Alaska Thunderfuck (or simply Alaska) and Lineysha Sparx during a challenge on the third episode ("Draggle Rock") of the fifth season (2013) of the American television series RuPaul's Drag Race.
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The Russian fur traders or promyshlennikis of the Russian-American Company during the Russian America encouraged the Eskimos to adopt Western-style dress in order to release more furs for trading. The English word kuspuk adapted from the Yup'ik word qaspeq (a lightweight parka cover or overshirt worn by both Yup'ik and Iñupiaq women and men).
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Downing Street and the Foreign Office are preparing to offer the incoming U.S. president an invitation once he is back in the White House, the report said, without citing specific sourcing. The ...
Another type of boot, sometimes called an Inuit boot, originating in Greenland and the eastern part of Alaska, is made by binding it with animal sinew, and has a centre seam running down to the foot of the boot. [citation needed] Another type has a soft leather sole, but the upper is knitted out of wool or a wool-rayon blend.