Word origins

• muklukA soft knee-high boot of sealskin or reindeer skin, originally worn by Inuit and Yupik.
• akutaqA food of native peoples in western Alaska, consisting of whipped fat mixed with berries and sometimes fish and sugar.
• CiissinraqA river in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States.
• IgiugigA census-designated place in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States.
• kuspukAn Alaska Native (traditionally Yup'ik) garment worn on the upper body as an overshirt on top of a parka (“long jacket with a hood”).
• usteqCatastrophic land collapse caused by the melting of permafrost, coastal flooding and erosion.
• Yup'ikA member of an Eskimo people of western and southwestern Alaska.