Dress Parka.

Only fur was warm enough in freezing places. Clothing consisted of coats, stockings, trousers, and boots. The woman's parkas had a larger hood for carrying small children till they were about two years of age.

Subsistence.

For years, native people have hunted bowhead whales. The bowhead provides life, meaning, and identity to the Eskimo. The hunt is dangerous, we use small boats in rough, freezing waters. To strike a whale, we have to make sure we're right on top of it because we use a hand-held harpoon.

Technology

These Natives were the first to create the umiak, or large open skin boat 15-20 feet in length. They were used for hunting whale and walrus. They were made out of 8-10 bearded seal skins stitched together and carefully lashed to a wooden frame.
The closed-skin boat, the kayak, were constructed by carefully fitting stitched seal skins over wooden frames, leaving only a circular opening in the top for entry. These were 12 feet long, shorter and stubbier than the Unangan kayaks.

Language.

Inupiat is plural; Inupiaq is singular. The Inupiaq language is spoken throughout much of northern Alaska and is closely related to the Canadian Inuit dialects and the Greenlandic dialects. Alaskan Inupiaq includes two major dialect groups: North Alaskan Inupiaq and Seward Peninsula Inupiaq. Traditionally, children were spoken to in their language and were taught at a very young age. The Inuit preferred to be quite; this was the correct way. To be loud, and disciplining was considered disrespectful and inappropriate. A spanking, however, when necessary was more favorable.

Land.

The Inupiat region of Alaska is one of the most complex archeologically due to the evidence of early occupation. North Alaska populations comes from the Ipiutak traditions; the largest site is found near the contemporary village of Point Hope. Burial masks made of ivory, and pieces of the first houses, were found. The Inupiat people were practicing a form of the Thule traditions at the time of the European contact. They experience harsh winters, and cool summers for more than 10,000 years. A lot of people live in ice-free environments, but these natives are surrounded by ice. An estimate of 15,000 people cover these regions. Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation (UIC) owns approximately 212,000 acres of land on Alaska's North Slope. The Board of Directors will manage these lands.