Harvest: Quyurciq

30 year old Yup'ik fur sewer and hunter Peter Williams is among a dwindling number of young indigenous Alaskans that choose to live a traditional Native lifestyle. Peter harvests and crafts ... Read all30 year old Yup'ik fur sewer and hunter Peter Williams is among a dwindling number of young indigenous Alaskans that choose to live a traditional Native lifestyle. Peter harvests and crafts the fur of the same mammal that motivated Russia's colonization of Alaska over 250 year ag... Read all30 year old Yup'ik fur sewer and hunter Peter Williams is among a dwindling number of young indigenous Alaskans that choose to live a traditional Native lifestyle. Peter harvests and crafts the fur of the same mammal that motivated Russia's colonization of Alaska over 250 year ago: the sea otter. Though Colonial Russia's consuming desire for otter furs brought disease... Read all