Greenland’s inhabitants call it Kalaallit Nunaat, or land of the Kalaallit. It is an Indigenous nation whose relatively few people now mostly govern themselves.

With the confidence of a seasoned athlete, Reggie Joule soared above the seal blanket at the Big Dipper Ice Arena in Fairbanks. Sticking to his longtime blanket toss style, Joule went for a backflip, ...

Alaska's World Eskimo-Indian Olympics moved to Anchorage last week, after 45 years in Fairbanks. The games include events such as the Alaskan high... Eskimo-Indian Olympics Capture Native Traditions ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska ” With four grown men hanging like rag dolls from his 340-lb. frame, Demetrius VanFleet lumbers nearly 100 feet before weariness sets in. The crowd at the World Eskimo-Indian ...

Two contestants won the Inuit stick pull Thursday afternoon at the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics (WEIO) at the Big Dipper Ice Arena. The Inuit stick pull simulates pulling seals out of the water and ...

Welcome to the 64th annual World Eskimo-Indian Olympics — a cornerstone of summer in Fairbanks, and one of the most enduring celebrations of Indigenous strength, tradition and community anywhere in ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Halfway through their concert at the 2024 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the band Pamyua paused to throw in an Arctic game demonstration. Peter ...

We've been doing "Eskimo kisses" all wrong according to one Inuit mother-daughter pair. Inuit have resided in the arctic for 5,000 years. Due to colonialism, the Inuit population is only roughly ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Requested by Saul Riesenberg, ...

Alaska's World Eskimo-Indian Olympics moved to Anchorage last week, after 45 years in Fairbanks. The games include events such as the blanket toss, the Alaskan high kick, the seal hop and the ear pull ...