Alaska's Bearfoot Magazines:
Anchorage: Alaska Native culture and art are alive and well. Girls show up in traditional furs at the Anchorage Fur Rondy.
Alaska's Bearfoot Magazines:
Anchorage: No. They Don't Got Muktuk! An Alaskan wears a "Got Muktuk?" jacket in the North Anchorage Costco food court. Muktuk is whale blubber, a prized coastal food you'd never find at Costco.
Alaska's Bearfoot Magazines:
Anchorage: A young girl displays traditional Eskimo art outside the spring Alaska Federation of Natives Convention.
Alaska's Bearfoot Magazines:
Anchorage: Alaska Natives from all over the state have displays at the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage.
Alaska's Bearfoot Magazines:
Anchorage: Native art is relatively easy to find. Even to this day, world-class art is readily available at places like the Alaska Fur Exchange, an Anchorage store.
Alaska's Bearfoot Magazines:
Anchorage: Southeast Alaska, near Juneau and Sitka, has beaded blankets and button-ornamented clothing. This is an Anchorage downtown park.
Alaska's Bearfoot Magazines:
Anchorage: Beadwork is a popular Native Alaska artform. This is the AFN Convention.
Alaska's Bearfoot Magazines:
Anchorage: The Alaska Native Hospital has extensive Native art displays, and artwork for sale -- like these Athabascan beaded mukluks.
Alaska's Bearfoot Magazines:
Anchorage: An Alaska Native Cultural Center employee talks with travelers in downtown Anchorage about the many Native groups in the state.
Alaska's Bearfoot Magazines:
Anchorage: The Egan Center in downtown Anchorage features Native Alaska themes.
Alaska's Bearfoot Magazines:
Anchorage: A signboard at Westchester Lagoon reminds Anchorage bicyclists and trail walkers that this was once an Athabascan Dena'ina Indian fishing village.
Alaska's Bearfoot Magazines:
Anchorage: The huge Dena'ina Center -- a new convention center -- is named after the first people who lived in the Anchorage area.
Alaska's Bearfoot Magazines:
Anchorage: A stained glass mural, by Fairbanks artist Debbie Mathews, depicts pre-contact Athabascan Indian life in Anchorage. It's at the Dena'ina Center.