Come learn about the traditions of the Inupait Eskimo and discover the natural wonders of
Northwest Alaska at the National Park Service Heritage Center in Kotzebue, Alaska.
This is the story about the Caribou returning
Easy access to native foods that they gather
...who did build an igloo there and other people followed
In Inupaiq we said "ululk"
Herded the beluga to shallow water
The kids were expected to scale and hang fish
An Inukin is like a little small Eskimo
Usually we start going as soon as the ice breakup we head up river
All I know is that my elders have told us from time Immemorial that we've been here
They was trying to go down the hill but they heard a bear
Sun is up 24/7
They were able to harvest that whale
We have to do dishes, we have to sweep, and we have to wash the tables with rags
I was peeking in the hole and I saw it, it was a sheefish and we had it for dinner that same day
To make Eskimo ice cream, you gotta put caribou fat in a bowl and then cook it for a while
and then stir it, and then... 'till it gets white and then you add the berries and stuff
and then you mix it up and then you freeze it up and then you wait for a while and then
you have a bowl of Eskimo ice cream and it's real good
Yah, them parts are made of hickory hardwood, they're easy to bend see? Shape like that.
Yeah, lots of hardwood, and it lasts longer
You gotta steam it. Steam it and then put it on a, uhmm, a form. And leave it set overnight
until it dries and then you put it on.
Yeah, you can do the bending, and we have some odd looking barrels, and that's good
for bending.
This is what we use now for tying, that's halibut line, and that one.