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2. Snow goggles - Wikipedia

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   Snow goggles (Inuktitut: ilgaak or iggaak, syllabics: ᐃᓪᒑᒃ or ᐃᒡᒑᒃ; [1] Central Yupik: nigaugek, nigauget) are a type of eyewear traditionally used by the Inuit and the Yupik peoples of the Arctic to prevent snow blindness.

3. Inuit clothing - Wikipedia

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   Women's qarliik were generally shaped the same as men's, but adjusted for women's needs. Women wore fewer layers overall, as they usually did not go outdoors for long periods during winter. [34] [35] During menstruation, women would wear a pair of old trousers supplemented inside with small pieces of hide, so as to not soil their daily outfit. [35]

4. Yupʼik clothing - Wikipedia

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   Yup'ik footwear, especially Eskimo skinboots, known as mukluk, like other Eskimo groups, meets the challenge of weather, season, terrain and function with maximum efficiency, comfort and durability. Sole of boot ( alu ~ aluq sg aluk dual alut pl [also means sole of foot] in Yup'ik and Cup'ik, atungar in Cup'ig) is the bottom of a boot, in ...

5. History of Inuit clothing - Wikipedia

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   Instead, Inuit women used purchased cloth to create garments that suited their needs. [44] Beginning in the middle of the 19th-century, the Iñupiaq people of northern Alaska began to use colorful cotton fabrics like drill and calico to make over-parkas to protect their caribou garments from dirt and snow.

6. Inuit women - Wikipedia

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   The word "Eskimo" has been used to encompass the Inuit and Yupik, and other indigenous Alaskan and Siberian peoples, [2] [3] [4] but this usage is in decline. [5] [6] In Inuit communities, the women play a crucial role in the survival of the group. The responsibilities faced by Inuit women were considered equally as important as those faced by ...

7. These 18 Beautiful Places in Canada Deserve a Spot on Your ...

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   Kinngait, Nunavut. This remote hamlet of Kinngait, formerly known as Cape Dorset, is surrounded by an otherworldly, snow-draped Arctic landscape offering a chance to spot herds of caribou, pods of ...