Volume 26 / Number 2
1984
Special Edition: Arctic Research
On The Cover: Eskimo woman's beaded inner parka. Collection Object Number: NA2844 Photo by Fred Schoch.
Vol. 26 / No. 2
By: Susan A. Kaplan
Introduction – Winter 1984
Eskimos and North American Indians first came to the attention of Europeans ca. A.D. 1000, when the Norse journeyed to […]
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By: Mikhail A. Chlenov and Igor I. Krupnik
Whale Alley: A Site on the Chukchi Peninsula, Siberia
In August of 1976, a small group of anthropologists led by M. A. Chlenov discovered on the now uninhabited island […]
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By: Susan A. Kaplan, Richard H. Jordan and Glenn W. Sheehan
An Eskimo Whaling Outfit From Sledge Island, Alaska
In 1912 William B. Van Valin, an elementary school teacher stationed in Sinuk, Alaska, ushered his students aboard the schooner […]
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By: William W. Fitzhugh
Images From the Past: Thoughts on Bering Sea Art and Eskimo Culture
Nearly fifty years ago Henry B. Collins completed his now-classic study on the last 2000 years of Eskimo prehistory in […]
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By: Bernadette Driscoll
Sapangat: Inuit Beadwork in the Canadian Arctic
The advent of European exploration introduced the brightly colored glass bead to the Inuit (Eskimo) seamstresses of the Canadian Arctic. […]
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