Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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]
Trapping of furbearing animals (melqulek literally "one with fur, one having fur", derived from melquq and the postbase-lek) provides a large part of the income earned by the Alaska Natives as well as many of the white residents of Southwestern Alaska. The principal animals hunted and trapped for fur are black, polar and brown bear, beaver ...
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.
A National Park Service report on Alaska's glaciers noted glaciers within Alaska national parks shrank 8% between the 1950s and early 2000s and glacier-covered area across the state decreased by ...
An Alaska man threatened to skin a US senator and wear her skin “like clothes” after being threatened with eviction from his home, according to authorities.. Arther Charles Graham allegedly ...
Oct. 24—In Alaska, at least one COVID-19 death — but usually two or more, and as many as 10 — was reported for each day in the month of September, state data shows. It was the deadliest ...
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.
What is so special about Denali National Park? Denali is home to the highest peak in North America, also called Denali. The 20,310-foot mountain was previously also known as Mount McKinley, but it ...