Inupiat may refer to the Inupiat people , the people of Alaska s Northwest Arctic and North Slope boroughs and the Bering Straits region the Inupiat language , a group of dialects of the Inuit language, spoken in northern and northwestern Alaska Inupiat Heritage Center , a museum in Barrow in the U.S. state of Alaska disambig ... more details
for the language Inupiaq language Unreferenced date December 2007 Infobox Ethnic group group Inupiat image Image Eskimo Family NGM v31 p564 2.jpg 200px br Inupiat family King Island, Alaska poptime popplace North and northwest Alaska United States rels langs Inupiat language , English language English related Inuit Image PointHopeHousesUSGSric00682.jpg thumb 270px Semi underground men s community house Qargi with bowhead whale bones, Point Hope, Alaska, 1885 The I upiat plural or I upiaq singular and I upiak dual from i uk person and piaq real , i.e., real people or Inupik are the people of Alaska s Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska Northwest Arctic and North Slope Borough, Alaska North Slope boroughs and the Bering Strait s region. Barrow, Alaska Barrow , the northernmost city in the United States, is in the Inupiat region. Their language is known as I upiaq . There is one Inupiat culture oriented institute of higher education, I isa vik College . Inupiat people continue to rely heavily on subsistence hunting and fishing , including whaling . The capture of a whale benefits each member of a community, as the animal is butchered and its meat and blubber allocated according to a traditional formula. Even city dwelling relatives thousands of miles away are entitled to a share of each whale killed by the hunters of their ancestral village. Muktuk Maktak , which is the skin and blubber of Bowhead Whale Bowhead and other whales, is rich in vitamins Retinol A and Vitamin C C ref http ... In recent years oil and other resources have been an important revenue source for the Inupiat. The Trans ...?pagewanted 1& r ref Inupiat people have grown more concerned in recent years that climate change ... of North Alaska. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. ISBN 0 03 057160 X Chance, Norman A. The Inupiat ... Alaska Native ethnic groups Category Inuit groups Category Inupiat Category Chukchi Sea Category Aboriginal peoples in the Arctic de Inupiat fr I upiat ik I upiaq nl Inupiaq ja pt Inupiat ... more details
and Siberian Yupik , the Inupiat eventually adopted the written system based on Roman orthography ... languages Category Inupiat language Category Indigenous languages of Alaska Category Languages of Russia ... more details
The I upiat Heritage Center is a museum in Barrow, Alaska Barrow in the U.S. state of Alaska . Dedicated in February 1999, it is an affiliated area of New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park in New Bedford, Massachusetts , and recognizes the contributions of Alaska Natives to the history of whaling . It houses exhibits, artifact collections, a library, a gift shop, and a traditional room where traditional crafts are demonstrated and taught. The North Slope Borough, Alaska North Slope Borough owns and manages the Heritage Center on behalf of the whaling villages of the Alaska North Slope North Slope . The Heritage Center is one of several associated partners that participate in telling the story of commercial whaling in the United States. Park partners operate independently but collaborate in a variety of educational and interpretive programs. History In the late 19th and 20th centuries, over 2,000 whaling voyages set out from New Bedford, bound for the Bowhead whale bowhead whaling grounds off Alaska s Arctic Ocean Arctic coast. The voyage of over 20,000 miles took the whalers to the Azores Azore islands off the coast of Africa , around Cape Horn and the southernmost tip of South America , to the Hawaiian Islands , and finally to the Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean . Many Alaska Natives, particularly Inupiat Eskimo people, participated in commercial whaling. In addition to crewing on the ships they hunted for food for the whalers, provided warm fur clothing, and sheltered many crews that were shipwrecked on the Alaska coast. External links http www.nps.gov inup index.htm National Park Service I upiat Heritage Center br Note Information on this page includes material from this Public Domain source. Coord 71 17 55 N 156 45 12 W display title Category Inupiat Category Museums in Barrow, Alaska Category Native American museums in Alaska Category New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Category Whaling in the United States tr nyupik Gelenek Merkezi ... more details
The Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government previously, Native Village of Barrow is a United States U.S. federally recognized Alaska Native Inupiat people Inupiat tribal entity , as listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs circa 2003. Located in Barrow, Alaska , it is part of the North Slope Borough, Alaska North Slope Borough . The constitution and by laws of the native village were established in 1940 under the Indian Reorganization Act IRA of 1934. An IRA corporation was also created. This corporation is not to be confused with the for profit village corporation in Barrow, Ukpea vik I upiat Corporation UIC , created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. External links http thorpe.ou.edu IRA barchrtr.html The corporate charter from 1940 . http thorpe.ou.edu IRA barcons.html The constitution and by laws from 1940 . http www.asrc.com home home.asp Arctic Slope Regional Corporation home . http www.500nations.com tribes Tribes Alaska.asp A list of all of the Native Villages that are officially recognized . NorthAm native stub Category Alaska Native tribes DEFAULTSORT Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government, Native Village of ... more details
Awards , for forever preserving Inupiat people Inupiat culture on film, and for being the first motion picture to be filmed in an all native language Inupiat people Inupiat . References 1. Fienup Riordan ... more details
dablink For the author of books on shyness, doubt, literature, psychology, and psychiatry please see Christopher J. Lane . Infobox Writer Name Christopher Lane occupation novelist genre mystery Christopher Lane is an author whose books include the Inupiat Eskimo Mystery series. Bibliography Inupiat Eskimo Mystery series Elements Of A Kill 1998 Season Of Death 1999 A Shroud Of Midnight Sun 2000 Silent As A Hunter January 2001 A Deadly Quiet December 2001 Stand Alones Eden s Gate 1994 Appearance Of Evil 1997 Tonopah 1999 Reference http www.cozy mystery.com Christopher Lane.html DEFAULTSORT Lane, Christopher Category American mystery writers Lane Category Living people US writer stub ... more details
This is a partial list of American Inuit including the Yupik and Inupiat people Inupiat , who largely reside in Alaska . The Arctic and subarctic dwelling Inuit formerly referred to as Eskimo are a group of culturally similar indigenous people s inhabiting Canada . John Baker musher John Baker , dog musher, pilot and motivational speaker Irene Bedard , actor Ada Blackjack , castaway Rita Pitka Blumenstein , traditional doctor Ramy Brooks , kennel owner and operator, motivational speaker, and dog musher Ray Mala , actor Uyaquk , Moravian missionary and linguistic genius See also List of Inuit Category American Inuit people Category Inuit people American Category Lists of American people by ethnic or national origin Inuit ... more details
Mary s Igloo is an abandoned village located in Nome Census Area, Alaska Nome Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska . Geography Image AKMap doton Teller.PNG right Location of Teller, Alaska Mary s Igloo is located at coord 65 09 N 165 04 W region US AK type city 0 display inline,title GR 1 . Mary s Igloo is located on the northwest bank of the Kuzitrin River , on the Seward Peninsula . It is northeast of Nome, Alaska Nome and 65 km 40 mi southeast of Teller, Alaska Teller . According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 2.1 square mile s 5.5 km , of which, 1.9 square miles 5.0 km of it is land and 0.2 square miles 0.5 km of it is water. The total area is 9.00 water. History The Inupiat people Inupiat village of Kauwerak was located about 25 km 15 mi downriver from Mary s Igloo. By 1900, Kauwerak was abandoned and most of its residents moved to Teller or Nome because of schools and employment opportunities. A few settled at the site of Mary s Igloo, which they called Aukvaunlook , meaning black whale. During the gold prospecting period of the early 1900s, non Alaska Natives Natives named the village Mary s Igloo, after an Inupiat people Inupiat woman named Mary, who welcomed miners, animal trapping trapper s and others into her home for coffee. During that period, Mary s Igloo was a transfer point for supplies for the gold fields upriver on the Kuzitrin River Kuzitrin and Kougarok River Kougarok rivers. The supplies were offloaded from ocean boats onto barges, which were towed to their destinations. A post office and store were opened at Mary s Igloo in 1901. By 1910, Mary s Igloo was a large community of Inupiat and Anglo Americans, who were miners, innkeepers, missionaries and support crews for the barges. It had schools, a post office and other services. The flu epidemic of 1918 and 1919 and a tuberculosis epidemic, two years later, decimated the community s population. Catholic and L ... more details
coord 70 07 05 N 143 40 00 W region US AK type landmark source svwiki scale 250000 display title Barter Island is an island located on the Arctic Ocean Arctic coast of the U.S. state of Alaska , east of Arey Island in the Beaufort Sea . ref cite web url gnis3 1398641 title Barter Island work Geographic Names Information System publisher United States Geological Survey accessdate 2009 07 10 ref It is about four miles 6 km long and about two miles 3 km wide at its widest point. Image AKMap doton Kaktovik.PNG right Location of Kaktovik, Alaska File Polar Bear Alaska.jpg thumb A polar bear near Kaktovik, Alaska Kaktovik Until the late 19th century, Barter Island was a major trade center for the Inupiat people Inupiat people and was especially important as a bartering place for Inupiat from Alaska and Inuit from Canada , hence its name. At one time before about 1900, there had been a large whaling village on Barter Island. Tradition has it that the Alaska Inupiat drove the villagers, Canadian Inupiat, from the island in about 1900. In about 1919, trader Tom Gordon and his wife, Mary Agiaq Gordon, moved from Barrow, Alaska Barrow to Barter Island with their family, some relatives, friends, and their families. Mary s younger brother, Andrew Akootchook, helped to choose the location for the trading post , because of its good harbor and convenient and accessible location for hunting on land and sea. Tom Gordon and the settlers built a trading post at the site and a few families settled near Gordon s trading post. In 1953 and 1954, a runway and Distant Early Warning Line radar station were built on the island. Several families settled near the runway and the area around the runway was incorporated in 1971 as the City of Kaktovik, Alaska Kaktovik . In 1970 3 sounding rockets of Nike Tomahawk type were launched there for high altitude research. ref http www.astronautix.com sites barsland.htm Barter Island page at http www.astronautix.com Encyclopedia Astronautica ref ... more details
Unreferenced date April 2009 Numeral systems Kaktovik Inupiaq numerals ref name kakt Inuit language Inuit , like other Eskimo languages and Celtic and Mayan languages as well , uses a base 20 vigesimal counting system. Inuit counting has sub bases at 5, 10, and 15. Arabic numerals weren t adequate to represent the base 20 system, so students from Kaktovik, Alaska came up with an Inuit numeral system that has since gained wide use among Inupiat language Alaskan I upiaq , and is slowly gaining ground in other countries where Inuit is also spoken. ref name kakt http www.ankn.uaf.edu SOP SOPv2i1.html oldway ref The numeral system has helped to revive counting in Inuit, which had been falling into disuse among Inuit speakers due to the prevalence of the base 10 system in schools. The picture below shows the numerals 1&ndash 19 and then 0. Image InupiaqNumbers.gif References references Category Inupiat language Alaska stub Math stub zh ... more details
Infobox University name I isa vik College native name latin name image Image Ilisagvikcollege.png motto Honoring your past, preparing for your future established 1996 type Public Community College endowment staff faculty president Beverly Patkotak Grinage provost principal rector chancellor vice chancellor dean head label head students undergrad postgrad doctoral profess city Barrow, Alaska Barrow state Alaska AK country United States USA campus Rural free label free colors colours mascot nickname affiliations University of the Arctic UArctic American Indian Higher Education Consortium AIHEC footnotes website http www.ilisagvik.cc www.ilisagvik.cc address P.O Box 749 br Barrow, AK 99723 telephone 1 907 852 3333 coor logo I isa vik College is a public community college located in Barrow, Alaska , on the shore of the Arctic Ocean . The College is the only tribally controlled college in Alaska and is the northernmost accredited community college in the United States . Accredited in 2003 by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities , it offers Associate s degree s as well as one year certificates. The College serves the North Slope Borough and the Inupiat people Inupiat people, and is dedicated to strengthening Inupiat culture, language, values and traditions. Ilisagvik College is sanctioned by the Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope ICAS tribal government. The Tuzzy Consortium Library is named after Evelyn Tuzroyluk Higbee , a member of the original Board of Higher Education for the college. History Image Ilisagvik College bowhead.jpg thumb left Bowhead Whale skull in front of I isa vik College main building The college had its origins in 1986, when the North Slope Borough created the North Slope Higher Education Center, changing its name in 1991 to Arctic Sivunmun I isa vik College. In 1995 the school moved to the site previously used by the United States Naval Arctic Research Laboratory and the Borough passed an ordinance incorporating I isa vik College ... more details
Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 Image Norton Sound.png thumb upright 1.5 Norton Sound Norton Sound is an inlet of the Bering Sea on the western coast of the U.S. state of Alaska , south of the Seward Peninsula . It is about 240 km 150 mi long and 200 km 125 mi wide. The Yukon River delta forms a portion of the south shore and water from the Yukon influences this body of water. It is ice free from June to October. Norton Sound was explored by Captain James Cook in September of 1778. He named the body of water after Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley Sir Fletcher Norton , then Speaker of the British House of Commons Speaker of the British House of Commons . The Norton Sound area has been home to Yupik and Inupiat people Inupiat for many centuries. It is the boundary between the two peoples the Inupiat live to the north and the Yup ik to the south. The town of Nome, Alaska Nome is along the northern edge of Norton Sound. The villages of Elim, Alaska Elim , Golovin, Alaska Golovin , Stebbins, Alaska Stebbins , White Mountain, Alaska White Mountain , Koyuk, Alaska Koyuk , Shaktoolik, Alaska Shaktoolik , St. Michael, Alaska St. Michael and Unalakleet, Alaska Unalakleet are on the shores or waterways flowing into Norton Sound. The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race runs through coastal villages between Unalakleet and Nome. The seaplane tender USS Norton Sound AVM 1 USS Norton Sound was named after the inlet. Coord 63 50 57 N 164 16 08 W region US type waterbody scale 4000000 display title Category Bering Sea Category Sounds of Alaska Category Landforms of Nome Census Area, Alaska Category Landforms of Wade Hampton Census Area, Alaska NomeAK geo stub WadeHamptonAK geo stub de Norton Sund es Norton Sound fr Norton Sound pt Norton Sound fi Nortoninlahti ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Manii aq also spelled Maniilaq is a figure of Inupiat people Inupiat legend and history. He is said to have lived in the 19th Century before European colonialists arrived in his area of Northwest Alaska . He lived as a hunter and a healer in Northwest Alaska . Various stories about him include that he heard voices predicting that white people would come to Alaska, that he had prophetic visions of boats that were propelled by fire or that flew in the air, and that he heard voices from a higher power whom he described with an Inupiat word meaning both father and son. Some also say that Manii aq rested every seventh day. Other prophecies attributed to Manii aq include the prophecy that the village of Ambler, Alaska would one day become a large metropolis, and that a whale would swim up river and appear at Ambler. It is said that Manii aq practiced traditional healing , and also that he resisted the dominant cultural order of shamanism . He is an important figure in Northwest Alaska Christian communities. Manii aq is also used as the symbol for a health services organization based in Kotzebue, Alaska Kotzebue , which runs the Manii aq Health Center and has clinics in 11 outlying arctic villages , including Ambler, Alaska Ambler , Deering, Alaska Deering , Selawik, Alaska Selawik , and Point Hope, Alaska Pt. Hope . Citations Steven B Terry and Jill K. Anderson, Maniilaq Prophet from the Edge of Nowhere Sarah V. Haile, Maniilaq Eskimo Prophet LLT Productions VHS, Maniilaq The Eskimo Prophet Manii aq Association website, http www.maniilaq.org home.html External links http www.alaskool.org Language Maniilaq webhtm Maniilaq Intro.htm Alaskool s Native Alaskan transcripts and translations describing Manii aq Maniilaq Alaska history footer state collapsed Category Pre state history of Alaska Category Native American history ik Manii aq ... more details
The Alaska Film Archives , located at the University of Alaska Fairbanks , holds the largest collection of film related material about Alaska. The archive was established in 1968, and consists almost entirely of 16mm film dating from the years 1920 to 1959. Since 1993, the archive has been maintained as a unit of the Alaska and Polar Regions Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library . Notable Films in the Collection The Chechahcos 1924 Seppala Collection 1926 46 Trip to Cleary Hills Mine 1935 Will Rogers and Wiley Post 1935 Logan Film Collection 1939 Inupiat Dances 1950s People of the Tundra 1956 Alaska 49th State 1959 External links http library.uaf.edu film archives Alaska Film Archives Website http www.filmpreservation.org archives archivedesc.php?id 67 National Film Preservation Foundation Alaska university stub film org stub Category Fairbanks, Alaska Category Film archives Category Libraries in Alaska Category University of Alaska Fairbanks ... more details
Other persons Dan O Neill Wikify date November 2010 Dan O Neill is an Alaskan journalist and writer. Bibliography A Land Gone Lonesome An Inland Voyage Along the Yukon River. The Last Giant of Beringia The Mystery of the Bering Land Bridge. The Firecracker Boys H bombs, Inupiat Eskimos, and the Roots of the Environmental Movement. column in the Fairbanks Daily News Miner , 1998 2005 See http www.nonukesnorth.net ONeillscolumns.htm selected columns on missile defense and Poker Flat Research Range . External links http www.firecrackerboys.com Author s website Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Oneill, Dan ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Oneill, Dan Category American journalists Category Living people US journalist stub ... more details
BLP sources date July 2009 Ronald Senungetuk born 1933 is an Inupiat people Inupiat artist originally from Wales, Alaska who works primarily in wood and metal. He is a sculpture sculptor and silversmith and is known for his abstractions of animal figures. He trained at the School for American Craftsmen at the Rochester Institute of Technology and in Oslo, Norway , on a Fulbright Fellowship at Statens H ndv rks og Kunstindustriskole. He and his wife, Turid, an accomplished silversmith, live in Homer, Alaska Homer . Senungetuk started the University of Alaska Fairbanks metalsmithing program and was director of its Native Art Center. ref http www.uaf.edu art areas native arts History of the Native Arts Progam of the UAF Art Department ref He received the Rasmuson Foundation s 2007 Distinguished Artist Award, ref http www.rasmuson.org PressRelease index.php?switch view pressrelease&iReleaseID 169 Ron Senungetuk Receives 25,000 Distinguished Artist Award ref and has received many other awards and recognitions for his work. Awards and Recognitions 2008 Denali National Park Artist in Residence ref http www.alaskageographic.org static 166 artist in residence history of participants Alaska Geographic artists in residence participants ref References references See also http www.alaskool.org projects ancsa testimony ancsa hearings r senungetuk w.html Alaskakool interview Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Senungetuk, Ronald ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1933 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Senungetuk, Ronald Category 1933 births Category Living people Category Artists from Alaska Category American silversmiths Category Rochester Institute of Technology alumni Category People from Homer, Alaska Category University of Alaska Fairbanks faculty sculptor stub alaska bio stub ... more details
Bering Straits Native Corporation , or BSNC , is one of thirteen Alaska Native Regional Corporations created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 ANCSA in settlement of aboriginal land claims. Bering Straits Native Corporation was incorporated in Alaska on June 23, 1972. ref name corpdb Corporations Database. https myalaska.state.ak.us business soskb Corp.asp?240263 Bering Straits Native Corporation . Division of Corporations, Business & Professional Licensing, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development. Retrieved on 2007 03 27. ref Headquartered in Nome, Alaska Nome , Alaska , Bering Straits Native Corporation is a for profit corporation with about 6,700 Alaska Natives Alaska Native shareholders primarily of Inupiat people Inupiat , Siberian Yupik , and Yup ik descent. Officers and Directors A current listing of Bering Straits Native Corporation s officers and directors, as well as documents filed with the State of Alaska since BSNC s incorporation, are available online through the Corporations Database of the Division of Corporations, Business & Professional Licensing, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development. ref name corpdb Shareholders At incorporation, Bering Straits Native Corporation enrolled about 6,333 Alaska Natives Alaska Native shareholders, each of whom received 100 shares of BSNC stock. As an ANCSA corporation, BSNC has no publicly traded stock and its shares cannot legally be sold. Lands The BSNC region encompasses most of the Seward Peninsula and eastern Norton Sound in Alaska . BSNC s land entitlement under Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act ANCSA includes over 2.1 million acres 8,900 km of surface and or subsurface estate in this region. Business enterprises Under federal law, Bering Straits Native Corporation and its majority owned subsidiaries, joint ventures and partnerships are deemed to be minority and economically disadvantaged business enterprise s 43 USC 1626 e . References ... more details
The Nunatamiut people of the land are an Alaskan Inuit nomadic group who lived in the Alaskan interior and were known as great caribou hunters. When caribou numbers dwindled in the 19th century, some Nunatamiut migrated towards the Mackenzie River delta. ref name arcticblast cite web url http www.arcticblast.polarhusky.com nomads title People of Mackenzie River accessdate 2007 09 30 publisher arcticblast ref Around 1910, with continued insufficient caribou to sustain the native hunting grounds, further Nunatamiut migration occurred into the Siglit area spurred by increased demand for furs by the Hudson s Bay Company and the possibility of jobs within the whaling industry. The Inuvialuit of the Siglit area were unhappy with the arrival of the Nunatamiut, afraid that the Nunatamuit would deplete the Inuvialuit s Bluenose caribou herd. But the Nunatamiut, inland hunters of the Inupiat people Inupiat region, were in high demand by the American whalers. ref name pcgcca cite web url http www.pc.gc.ca pn np yt ivvavik natcul natcul2 E.asp title Ivvavik National Park of Canada accessdate 2007 09 30 publisher pc.gc.ca ref Eventually, the Nunatamiut who settled in the Siglit area became known as the Uummarmiut people of the green trees , and intermarried with the local Inuvialuit. ref name canadianarchaeology cite web url http www.canadianarchaeology.com cmcc pinuva.htm title Retracing an Archaeological Expedition accessdate 2007 09 30 author David Morrison, Curator of N.W.T. Archaeology, District of Mackenzie, Canadian Museum of Civilization publisher canadianarchaeology.com archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20070703010526 http www.canadianarchaeology.com cmcc pinuva.htm Bot retrieved archive archivedate 2007 07 03 ref Notes reflist Category Inuit groups Category Aboriginal peoples in Canadian territories Category Inupiaq words and phrases NorthwestTerritories stub ... more details
of the Inupiat village of Point Hope demanded the removal of the contaminated soil, which the government ..., Inupiat Eskimos, and the Roots of the Environmental Movement location New York publisher Basic ... more details
Refimprove date August 2007 File Colville River Alaska 1901 USGS.jpg thumb right 250px Inuit family on Colville River, 1901 Image Colvillerivermap.png thumb right 250px Coville River location and drainage basin The Colville River is a major river of the Arctic Ocean coast of Alaska in the United States , approximately 350 mi 560 km long. ref USGS Geographic Names Information System GNIS . http geonames.usgs.gov pls gnispublic f?p gnispq 3 NO P3 FID 1400615 Colville River. Accessed Aug 20, 2007. ref One of the northernmost major rivers in the North America , it drains a remote area of tundra on the north side of the Brooks Range entirely above the Arctic Circle . The river is frozen for more than half the year and floods each spring. It rises in an isolated area of the De Long Mountains , at the western end of the Brooks Range, north of the continental divide in the southwestern corner of the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska National Petroleum Reserve . It flows initially north, then generally east through the foothills on the north side of the range, broadening as it receives the inflow of many tributaries that descend from the middle Brooks Range. Along its middle course it forms the southeastern border of the National Petroleum Reserve. At the Inupiat people Inupiat Eskimo village of Umiat, Alaska Umiat it turns north to flow across the Arctic plain, entering the western Beaufort Sea in a broad river delta delta near Nuiqsut, Alaska Nuiqsut , approximately 120 mi 190 km west of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska Prudhoe Bay . When the river freezes to a suitable thickness during winter, it can be used as an ice road to bring in supplies, as seen during the fourth season of the History Channel series Ice Road Truckers . The river valley contains unexploited petroleum and natural gas deposits. A current proposal by the State of Alaska to bridge the river near Nuiqsut would be the first major river crossing north of the Arctic Circle in North America. Named aft ... more details
Taxobox name Porcupine caribou image Caribou.jpg image caption Male in Alaska regnum Animal ia phylum Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Artiodactyla familia Cervidae genus Reindeer Rangifer species Reindeer R. tarandus subspecies R. t. granti range map Rangifer tarandus Map NA.svg range map width 240px range map caption Range of R. t. granti in yellow trinomial Rangifer tarandus granti trinomial authority Joel Asaph Allen Allen , 1902 The Porcupine caribou or Grant s caribou Rangifer tarandus granti is a subspecies of the caribou found in Alaska and adjacent parts of Canada . It resembles the Barren ground Caribou R. t. groenlandicus and is sometimes included in it. ref name MSW3 MSW3 Grubb id 14200328 ref ref name Cronin Cronin, M. A., M. D. Macneil, and J. C. Patton 2005 . Variation in Mitochondrial DNA and Microsatellite DNA in Caribou Rangifer tarandus in North America. Journal of Mammalogy 86 3 495 505. ref Their name does not derive from the animal porcupine , but from the Porcupine River which runs through a large part of their range. Though numbers fluctuate, the herd comprises over 125,000 animals which migrate over 1,500 miles 2,500 km a year between their winter range and calving grounds, the longest land migration route of any land mammal on earth. They are the primary sustenance of the Gwich in , a First Nations Alaska Native people, who traditionally built their communities based upon the caribou s migration patterns. They are also routinely hunted by other peoples, including the Inupiat people Inupiat , Inuvialuit , H n , and Northern Tutchone . There is currently controversy over whether possible future oil drilling on the coastal plains of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge , encompassing much of the Porcupine Caribou calving grounds, will have a severe negative impact on the caribou population or whether the caribou population will grow. References reflist See also Jonathon Solomon Arctic Refuge drilling controversy Being Caribou External links http ... more details
Infobox disease Name Sucrose intolerance Image Sucrose inkscape.svg Caption Sucrose DiseasesDB 29844 ICD10 ICD10 E 74 3 e 70 ICD9 ICD9 271.3 ICDO OMIM 222900 MedlinePlus eMedicineSubj eMedicineTopic MeshID Sucrose intolerance , also called congenital sucrase isomaltase deficiency CSID ref name pmid16329100 cite journal author Sander P, Alfalah M, Keiser M, et al. title Novel mutations in the human sucrase isomaltase SI gene that cause congenital carbohydrate malabsorption journal Hum. Mutat. volume 27 issue 1 pages 119 year 2006 month January pmid 16329100 doi 10.1002 humu.9392 ref or Sucrase isomaltase deficiency , ref name pmid8708882 cite journal author Baudon JJ, Veinberg F, Thioulouse E, Morgant G, Aymard P, Charritat JL title Sucrase isomaltase deficiency changing pattern over two decades journal J. Pediatr. Gastroenterol. Nutr. volume 22 issue 3 pages 284 8 year 1996 month April pmid 8708882 doi 10.1097 00005176 199604000 00010 url http meta.wkhealth.com pt pt core template journal lwwgateway media landingpage.htm?issn 0277 2116&volume 22&issue 3&spage 284 ref is the condition in which sucrase , an enzyme needed for proper Metabolism metabolization of sucrose , is not produced in the small intestine . It is more common among the Inupiat people Inupiat . ref name pmid2021397 cite journal author Meier RJ, Draper H, Milan F title Pedigree analysis of sucrose intolerance among Native Alaskans journal Arctic Med Res volume 50 issue 1 pages 8 12 year 1991 month January pmid 2021397 doi url ref Presentation The result of consuming sucrose is excess gas production and often diarrhea and malabsorption . See also Fructose malabsorption Gastroenterology Lactose intolerance Sucrase isomaltase References reflist External links http www.csidinfo.com http www.orphan europe.com sucrase mangel gb.html http www.sucraid.net Gastroenterology Carbohydrate metabolic pathology Category Metabolic disorders Symptom stub de Saccharoseintoleranz es Intolerancia a la sacarosa fr D ficie ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Advert date December 2007 Cleanup date May 2007 Inu Yupiaq Dancing is a unique way of passing on the Inupiat people Inupiat and Yup ik Eskimo motion dance stories to a younger generation, which teaches people about the I upiaq and Yup ik Eskimo culture. Inu Yupiaq is a very unusual, diverse dance group which combines Inupiaq, Cupik, Siberian Yup ik and Yup ik Eskimo motion dancing from all around Alaska , which the group s dancers represent as student attending University of Alaska , Fairbanks . The Inu Yupiaq Dance Group was formed in the year of 1995. The songs and dances are presented or traded to the group, or the members create new modern yet traditional songs. Thus, the songs used can be many generations old, or as young as a few weeks. Eskimo Songs in Brief Eskimo songs are sung with voices and circular drums. These drums can be made with wood, ivory, antler, a sea mammal s stomach or bladder, parachute material, or non rip nylon. I upiaq and Yup ik Eskimo songs and dancers are similar, but have their differences. I upiaq Eskimo songs are usually consisted of two or three parts, usually song together. The first part is sung with a soft drum beat. The second part is sung same as the first, but with a harder drum beat. The third if any , is the same as the second, but with no voices sung, just the drum beat. Yup ik Eskimo songs are more complex and longer. Here is a diagram of a typical Yup ik Eskimo song. Mengluni meng loony or Ciuqlia Jew q a The Beginning A Voice and soft drum beat h Very similar to A, but a harder drum beat Apallum Ciuqlia ab aa oom Jew q a The first verse B This is modernly called the verse. This is slightly different than A and h, but continues the story of the song. h Same as h above Akuli a goo lee In between A Same as A above h Same as h above Apallum Kinguqlia ab aa oom king oo q ia The second versel C Similar to B, but continues the story after B. h Same as h above Pamyua bum yoa Ending, or its tail C S ... more details
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