This May the National Museum of the American Indian was privileged to host four remarkable Inuit women from Nunavut who were in Washington as guests of the Embassy of Canada to attend the opening of ...

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 ...

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 ...

The 58th World Eskimo-Indian Olympics (WEIO) will take place at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks from July 17 to 20. Over the course of four days, athletes will participate in the knuckle hop, four-man ...

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 ...

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, ...

In the Arctic, the Inuits have adapted to severe cold and a predominantly seafood diet. After the first population genomic analysis of the Greenland Inuits (Fumagalli ...

FAIRBANKS — The deep bellow of Native drums resounded throughout the Carlson Center arena Wednesday evening, heralding the opening of the 51st World Eskimo-Indian Olympics, a four-day cultural ...

Check out Ted Trotta's appraisal of an early 19th C. Inuit compound bow in Old Sturbridge Village, Hour 2. Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is provided by Ancestry and American Cruise Lines. Additional ...

Alaska's World Eskimo-Indian Olympics moved to Anchorage last week, after 45 years in Fairbanks. The games include events such as the blanket toss, the Alaskan high kick, the seal hop and the ear pull ...

Two days before the start of the Tokyo Olympics, Native athletes gathered in Fairbanks, Alaska, to compete in the 60th World Eskimo-Indian Olympics. Natasha Mozgovaya has more.