Inupiat

File:Inupiat Family from Noatak, Alaska, 1929, Edward S. Curtis (restored).jpg

Inupiat family, by Edward S.Curtis, around 1929

The Inupiat are an ethnic group in Alaska and Canada, along the Bering Strait. There are about 33.000 Inupiat left. They are classified by the language they speak:

• Seward Iñupiat: Northwest Alaska, along the Seward Peninsula.
• North Alaska Inupiat: Canada, and the other parts of Alaska

Both languages are part of the inupiat languages.

Inupiat Media

• Genuine kunik.jpg

  Example of a kunik from an Iñupiat woman to a small child. This picture was taken during a Nalukataq dance at Barrow Alaska

• PointHopeHousesUSGSric00682.jpg

  Semi-underground men's community house (Qargi) with bowhead whale bones, Point Hope, Alaska, 1885

• Inupiaq ball pt barrow 1910.jpg

  Iñupiaq high-kickball, ca. 1910, Utqiaġvik, Alaska, collection of the NMAI

• 1956 Alaska - Eskimo and dog team.jpg

  Public Health nurse with Eskimo and dog team preparing to make a call on local residents, 1956

• Nalukataq Blanket Toss Barrow.jpg

  Blanket toss during a Nalukataq in Utqiaġvik, Alaska

• Lisa Murkowski with students from Iḷisaġvik College.jpg

  Students from Iḷisaġvik College with Senator Lisa Murkowski.

• Map of Alaska highlighting North Slope Borough.svg

  Map of Alaska highlighting North Slope Borough

• Map of Alaska highlighting Northwest Arctic Borough.svg

  Map of Alaska highlighting Northwest Arctic Borough

• Map of Alaska highlighting Nome Census Area.svg

  Map of Alaska highlighting Nome Census Area