Iñupiat
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The Iñupiat, also known as Alaskan Inuit, are a group of Alaska Natives whose traditional territory roughly spans northeast from Norton Sound on the Bering Sea to the northernmost part of the Canada–U
Iñupiaq woman sharing a kunik with a small child at a Nalukataq in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, 2007
Semi-underground men's community house (Qargi) with bowhead whale bones, Point Hope, Alaska, 1885
Iñupiaq high-kickball, ca. 1910, Utqiaġvik, Alaska, collection of the NMAI
An Inupiat family from Noatak, Alaska, 1929, photograph by Edward S. Curtis
Eskimo kiss
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An Eskimo kiss, nose kiss, or nose rub is a gesture of affection where one rubs the tip of one's nose against another person's nose or face. In Inuit culture, the gesture is known as a kunik, and cons
Iñupiat
…Iñupiat Iñupiaq woman sharing a kunik with a small child at a Nalukataq in Utqiaġvik, Alaska, 2007 Total population 20,709 (2015) Regions with significant populations North and northwest…
A couple doing a nose rub
Image of two people "nose rubbing" in Mark Twain's Following the Equator 1897 travelogue