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Tag Archives: Inupiaq
Revised Point Hope video – 25Oct11
Posted in Inspiration, Interviews, People
Tagged Alaska, alcohol, Beluga, berry picking, Bowhead, cultural identity, filmmaking, hope, hunting, Inupiaq, native culture, North Slope Borough, Point Hope, sexual predation, Stanford, whaling
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“You can see Russia from my house!”
–Tina Fey as Sarah Palin (The blog post photo reveals the feint outline of Big Diomede island.) Heading to Nome, AK tomorrow, and will greatly miss this tiny community of 143 people on the mainland tip of the Seward Peninsula, the closest village to mainland Russia. Out in the middle… Read On
Posted in Food, Inspiration, People
Tagged Alaska, Bering Straight, clams, crabs, Diomede Islands, Inupiaq, Russia, sea worms, Wales, whales, world records, Yupik
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“Wild Alaska” on the Noatak River
The Alaska vehicle license plate has the motto “The Frontier State”. They aren’t joking. A Simple Boat Trip Monday night in Kotzebue I was lucky to be invited on a boat ride by a couple fellas, who wanted to head up the Noatak river for sightseeing & wood… Read On
Posted in Inspiration, Nature, People
Tagged adventure, Alaska, boating, Coast Guard, hiking, Inupiaq, Kotzebue, Noatak River, outdoor safety, running aground, standing deadwood, sunsets, survival, wilderness
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Native Foods of Point Hope, AK
Right from my first evening in Point Hope, AK, I was introduced to the amazing native foods of the Inupiaq (in-noo-pak) people. My first delicacy was caribou meat with potatoes and carrots. We dipped it in seal oil. The fats and blubbers of whales and seals are often “rended”. I’m… Read On
Posted in Food, People
Tagged Alaska, blubber, caribou, flipper, food, generosity, Inupiaq, native food, new flavors, Point Hope, seal oil, whale
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Daily Life In Point Hope, AK
You’ll have to forgive me dear readers, on my zigzag way of writing. Regrettably, I had lots of blog post ideas earlier in the week, didn’t act on them, and now they are gone like Puff the Magic Dragon. But, that’s ok. Today I’m leaving for Kotzebue, and finally writing… Read On
Posted in Nature, People
Tagged Alaska, ancient cultures, ATVs, berries, berry picking, daylight, Eskimo, fishing, hunting, Inupiaq, peninsula, Point Hope, seals, sod houses, subsistence, sunset, Tikigaq, ugruuk, walrus, weather, whales
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