Alaska field notes, v4468
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June 11 Point Barrow, Alaska coffee. Then we wandered into the native store as it is called, similar to the other I saw, but more of a trading post. There was a set of walrus tusks nearly 2' long, and upstairs they had quite a store of furs, many from inland as the rabbits and shunks indicated. Arctic fox skins are #15 each, nicely tanned. This animal has a very nice pure white pelt. There is sometimes some village handicraft for sale, but none at that particular time. It was 11 p.m. and village activity was bustling. Kids were running about everywhere. Down on the beach they wrestled and scrapped and played games. Several girls were juggling stones, 2 in one hand while walking along. It was quite a game. Thus it appears that most [illegible] sport has to do with vertical movement—let us consider blanket tossing, the jumping teter board, stone juggling, and believe it or not, a lot of the kids were just jumping up and down as if quite a lot depended up at. Earlier in the evening several kids were jumping rope with a big rope from the blanket toss apparatus. A few reluctant dancers began. It is of course individual participation, what little we saw