Tikiġaġmiut
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The Tikiġaġmiut, an Iñupiat people, live two hundred miles north of the Arctic Circle, 330 mi southwest of Utqiagvik, Alaska, in the village of Point Hope. The Tikigaq are the oldest continuously sett
Semi-underground men's community house (Qargi) with bowhead whale bones, Point Hope, Alaska, 1885
Whale bones at ceremonial site
Qargi
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Qargi, Qasgi or Qasgiq, Qaygiq, Kashim, Kariyit, a traditional large semi-subterranean men's community house' of the Yup'ik and Inuit, also Deg Hit'an Athabaskans, was used for public and ceremonial o
Tikiġaġmiut
…close together for half the year in underground whale-bone, driftwood, and dirt houses that were connected by tunnels. The men's unit was called the qargi. Tikigaqmiut today live in modern houses. Their connections include the spirits of ancestors, the sun, the moon, and animal worship. Tikiġaġmiut sustain…
Qargi in the village of Stebbins, Alaska 1900