Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Preface: Old Boots 8
4. Editorial Note 9
5. Introduction 12
6. Keynote Address Our Clothing, our Culture, our Identity 23
7. Personal Narratives
8. Seams of Time 28
9. My Recollections - Nengqerralria Yupiaq Elder Elena Charles 31
10. How Do We Heal? 34
11. Quiet and Reserved Splendor: Central Yup'ik Eskimo Fancy Garments of Kuskokwim Bay, Bering Sea 37
12. Materials
13. Caribou and Seal Hair: Examination by Scanning Electron Microscopy 42
14. Arctic Clothing from Greenland 45
15. The Poor Man's Raincoat: Alaskan Fish-skin Garments 48
16. Tupigat (Twined Things): Yup'ik Grass Clothing, Past and Present 53
17. Birds and Eskimos 62
18. Styles and Techniques
19. Eskimo Sewing Techniques in Relation to Contemporary Sewing Techniques - Seen Through a Copy of a Qilakitsoq Costume 70
20. Iniqsimajuq: Caribou-skin Preparation in Igloolik, Nunavut 74
21. Amautiit 80
22. Women's Skin Coats from West Greenland -with Special Focus on Formal Clothing of Caribou Skin from the Early Nineteenth Century 84
23. The Roald Amundsen Collection: The Impact of a Skin Preparation Method on Preservation 91
24. The Remarkable Clothing of the Medieval Norse Greenlanders 95
25. Change and Responses to Outside Influences
26. Dressing Up in Greenland: A Discussion of Change and World Fashion in Early-colonial West Greenlandic Dress 100
27. Formal Clothing: The Greenlandic National Costume 104
28. Clothing as a Visual Representation of Identities in East Greenland 108
29. Kayak Clothing in Contemporary Greenlandic Kayak Clubs 115
30. Caribou, Reindeer and Rickrack: Some Factors Influencing Cultural Change in Northern Alaska, 1880-1940 121
31. Hairnets and Fishnets:The Yup'ik Eskimo Kaapaaq in Historical Context 127
32. Clothing and Art
33. Clothing in Inuit Art 132
34. Skin Appliqué and Stencil Prints 139
35. Clothing Portraits: Identity and Meaning in Inuit Figure Studies from the Eastern Arctic 142
36. Kiana Creations: Iñupiaq Parkas as Wearable Art 148
37. References 153
38. Index 158
39. Photographic Acknowledgements 160