The Northway dance group performs prior to the kneel jump competition. Photo by Vadim Bledsoe.
The annual World Eskimo-Indian Olympics were held in the Big Dipper Ice Arena in Fairbanks from July 10 to 13. Contestants competed in different sports and cultural practices which included high kick, blanket toss and seal skinning.
Since 1961, the Olympics have been held over a four-day period each July in Fairbanks. They are designed to preserve traditional practices of indigenous peoples in the circumpolar regions of the world.
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