The Inupiat [2] (singular: Iñupiaq [3]) 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–United States border.

The Iñupiat Heritage Center (IHC) brings people together to promote and perpetuate Iñupiat history, language and culture. This dynamic interaction between the Iñupiat and their environment fosters the awareness, understanding and appreciation of the Iñupiat way of …

These are the people of the ice as much as the land, and much of their life and culture revolves around the sea ice. Subsistence, or traditional hunting and gathering practices, provide a large part of their diet to this day. The Iñupiat hunt both marine and land mammals, and also birds. They fish and gather berries in season.

With long stretches of 24-hour darkness and frigid winters every year, the ocean served as an important food source for the local Iñupiat community. This area is known for traditional whale hunting, and this practice is now federally recognized.

The Department of Iñupiat History, Language, and Culture (IHLC) is dedicated to documenting, preserving, and promoting the rich history, language, and traditions of the Iñupiat people across the North Slope Region.

2024年1月17日 · Within the traditional homeland of the Iñupiat in northernmost Alaska is the North Slope Borough’s Iñupiat Heritage Center, a National Park Service Affiliated Area, located in Utkiagvik (formerly known as Barrow).

The Inupiat are members of the Inuit culture, which spans the northern coasts of Alaska and Canada, and as far as Greenland. Inupiat people settled in Alaska from Unalakleet to Barrow and from Little Diomede to Barter Island.

MYTH: The North Slope Iñupiat are not the North Slope’s original inhabitants. FACT: Research suggests that the Iñupiat have stewarded our North Slope homelands for around 10,000 years. Our ancestors moved across the North Slope seasonally, practicing subsistence hunting and gathering to survive in America’s harshest climate.

2023年5月5日 · Learn more about Inupiat history and culture, and current activities and events at the Inupiat Heritage Center through the Inupiat History, Language & Culture web site. Explore the Iñupiat Heritage Center no matter where you are.

2023年3月17日 · On the rooftop of the world, the Iñupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, Alaska, tells the story of the Iñupiat people. They have thrived for thousands of years in one of the most extreme climates on Earth, hunting the bowhead, or "Agviq."