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Aug292013

Potluck to send off the whalers 

DateThursday, August 29, 2013 at 6:18PM

Nuiqsut elder Amy Taalak, at left in turquoise dress, offers the blessing for the food at a community potluck to send village whaling crews off to Cross Island. Among the food is a bit of bowhead maktak saved from last year. What little is left won't last long. It is time to replenish.

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