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Tag Archives: Point Hope
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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Point Hope Video Montage – 19Sep11
Posted in Inspiration, Interviews, People
Tagged Alaska, alcoholism, carving, college, hunting, jail, native dancing, native drumming, Point Hope, polar bears, seals, Stanford, whales, whaling
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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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