Inupiat

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

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

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

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

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

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  Blanket toss during a Nalukataq in Utqiaġvik, Alaska

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  Students from Iḷisaġvik College with Senator Lisa Murkowski.

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  Map of Alaska highlighting North Slope Borough

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  Map of Alaska highlighting Northwest Arctic Borough

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  Map of Alaska highlighting Nome Census Area