Last week, Fairbanks hosted the annual World Eskimo Indian Olympics. The four-day event showcases cultural practices and traditions of Inuit, Iñupiaq, Yup’ik and other circumpolar Indigenous ...

Ezra Elisoff of Juneau takes his turn during the Two Foot High Kick finals at the 2021 World Eskimo-Indian Olympics in Fairbanks. Elisoff won third place male for the Two Foot High Kick, second place ...

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 ...

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, ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska - From jaw-dropping to grimace-inducing to just plain silly, it’s hard to take your eyes off the action at the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics. WEIO — pronounced “wee-oh” for short — is ...

FAIRBANKS — As Alice Johnston watched and waited for an awards ceremony to begin at World Eskimo-Indian Olympics, she wondered if her best Alaska high kick was enough to make it on the podium. But ...

FAIRBANKS — Greetings in three different Alaska Native languages — Inupiaq, Yupik and Koyukon Athabascan — by five young Native women garbed from head-to-toe in fur and bead-trimmed regalia grabbed ...

Check out Ted Trotta's appraisal of an early 19th C. Inuit compound bow in Old Sturbridge Village, Hour 2. Antiques Roadshow is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone ...

"This book is published in conjunction with an exhibition presented by the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian from November 2005 to April 2006 ... included self-portraits by forty-seven ...

The small community of Arviat, Nvt., has reportedly been selected to host the main campus of Inuit Nunangat University, the first Inuit-led university in Canada. The institution is expected to open in ...

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