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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]
Folk costume, traditional dress, traditional attire or folk attire, is clothing associated with a particular ethnic group, nation or region, and is an expression of cultural, religious or national identity. If the clothing is that of an ethnic group, it may also be called ethnic clothing or ethnic dress.
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.
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).
Higher taxa are included only if endemic. For the purposes of this category, "Alaska" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. That is, the geographic region known as Alaska is defined by its political boundaries except for the Aleutian Islands (see Category:Flora of the Aleutian Islands ...
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A damned or damn yellow composite (DYC) is any of the numerous species of composite flowers (family Asteraceae) that have yellow flowers and can be difficult to tell apart in the field. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a jocular term, and sometimes reserved for those yellow composites of no particular interest. [ 1 ]
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