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Culture-> Tribal Customs: Elk-teeth dress is epitome of Crow status and style
Posted on Monday, April 15 @ 11:47:49 PDT (29446 reads)

Keywords: elk toothed dress elk-tooth dress Crow clothing crow dress crow crafts Crow culture Crow tribe elk-teeth dress crow traditions crow wedding dress Crow woman elk canine teeth Winona Yellowtail Plenty Hoops Crow women elk ivories elk canines grandaughter of White Man Runs Him Apsaalooke crow medicine Indian medicines

AUTHOR: James Hagengruber, Billings Gazette

Before the invasion of silk, sequins and designer labels, the highest fashion west of the Mississippi was the elk-teeth dress.

There was no mistaking the status of a Crow woman wearing her tribe's signature gown of blue or indigo trade wool covered by 500 elk canine teeth. They wore their wealth on their sleeves. Because only two teeth from an elk are suitable, each dress represented years of hunting and hard work.

Note: The elk-teeth dress is often worn in the women's traditional dances at northern pow wows today.

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TNB->Inuit->Ungava: Clothing, footwear, and territory of the Ungava Inuit
Posted on Saturday, February 09 @ 00:44:22 PST (31589 reads)

Keywords: Ungava Inuit ungava inuit UNGAVA INUIT Hudson Strait Hudson Bay Ungava Bay Sanikiluaq Inukjuak Povungnituk Ivujivik Salluit Kangiqsujuaq Ovaqtaq Kangirsuk Kuujjuaq Kuujjuaraapik Kangiqsualujjuaq Cree Indians Henry Hudson Digges Island Belcher Islands amauti eider skin parkas

Ungava Inuit occupy the Quebec-Labrador Peninsula north of the treeline and live along the coastline of Hudson Strait, Ungava Bay, and the eastern shores of Hudson Bay.

Their communities include Sanikiluaq, Inukjuak, Povungnituk, Ivujivik, Salluit, Kangiqsujuaq, Ovaqtaq, Kangirsuk, Kuujjuaq, Kuujjuaraapik, and Kangiqsualujjuaq.

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TNB->Inuit->Cariboo: Clothing, footwear and territory of the Caribou Inuit
Posted on Saturday, February 09 @ 00:20:20 PST (31223 reads)

Keywords: Caribou Inuit cariboo inuit CARIBOU INUIT caribou eskimos District of Keewatin Chesterfield Inlet Baker Lake Rankin Inlet Whale Cove Arviat Hudson Bay Paallirmiut southern Keewatin Aivilingmiut historical clothing contemporary clothing parkas Kamiks kamiks Iglulik Inuit saaluqitiq kubluuq ipirausiq Ekuma Parr cariboo Cariboo CARIBOO

Caribou Inuit live in the District of Keewatin in the communities of Chesterfield Inlet, Baker Lake, Rankin Inlet, Whale Cove, and Arviat.

They hunt primarily caribou, which provides materials for their food, clothing, shelter, and tools.

Fish is also a major food resource, and some coastal families hunt sea mammals.

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TNB->Inuit->Copper: Clothing, footwear, and territory of the Copper Inuit
Posted on Friday, February 08 @ 23:51:43 PST (53487 reads)

Keywords: Copper Inuit clothing copper inuit footware COPPER INUIT regional overview copper inuit historical clothing copper inuit comtemporary clothing clothes kamiks Kamiks western-most Canadian Inuit Coppermine Cambridge Bay Holman Northwest Territories Coronation Gulf Bathurst Inlet Contwoyto Lake Victoria Island territory of Copper Inuit

Copper Inuit, the western-most Canadian Inuit, reside mainly in the centralized communities of Coppermine, Cambridge Bay, and Holman in the Northwest Territories.

Several families also live in outpost camps along Coronation Gulf, Bathurst Inlet, Contwoyto Lake, and on Victoria Island.

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