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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]
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.
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One thing's for sure: This month lends itself to plenty of funny September memes about the seasonal change. Even though summer ends and fall begins officially on September 22, most of us have ...
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 ...
Traditional Native American clothing is the apparel worn by the indigenous peoples of the region that became the United States before the coming of Europeans. Because the terrain, climate and materials available varied widely across the vast region, there was no one style of clothing throughout, [1] but individual ethnic groups or tribes often had distinctive clothing that can be identified ...
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 ...