Traditions
Food
Art
Fashion and Attire
CIRI
100
This instrument is often used in celebrations, dances, and songs.
What is a drum?
100
These berries are very close in shape and size to raspberries but can be found ranging in color from orange, red, or yellow.
What are salmonberries?
100
These tall wooden carvings tell stories and are known to represent animals or spirits.
What are totem poles?
100
These warm boots, often made from seal or caribou skin, are essential in Arctic climates
What are mukluks?
100
This act extinguished aboriginal land title in Alaska and resulted in 12 land-based Alaska Native regional corporations.
What is the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA)?
200
This traditional gathering is hosted for significant events and food is made to share with the community. There is typically dancing, singing, and gift giving.
What is a potlatch?
200
This type of fried dough is often eaten by indigenous groups in North America.
What is fry bread?
200
This is a form of art that is done on wood, ivory, or bone to create figures or tools.
What is carving?
200
This is a classic Alaskan Native Attire that originates from the Yup’ik word that means “cloth over parka”.
What is a kuspuk?
200
This CIRI value has the definition of “strive for greatness”
What is excellence?
300
This hand-held item draws attention to the graceful movement of the dancers’ arms during ceremonial dances.
What is a dance fan?
300
This method is often used to preserve salmon.
What is smoking, jarring, or drying?
300
Alaska Natives often decorate clothing with this type of intricate stitching.
What is beadwork?
300
These garments are often worn by dancers during ceremonies and represent spirits or animals.
What are masks?
300
This group of people are responsible for initiating and developing the policies that further the goals of the company.
Who are the CIRI board of directors?
400
This tradition originally consisted of tossing an Inupiaq hunter into the air to see the horizon to hunt whales but is now seen in celebrations and gatherings.
What is the blanket toss?
400
This traditional dish is made from whipped animal fat, meat, ground fish or seal oil, and berries.
What is akutaq?
400
These shells come from a type of deep-sea mollusks and are often seen in jewelry and adornment. It is also pictured below:
What are dentalium shells?
400
This traditional waterproof garment is made from marine mammal intestines.
What is a gut parka?
400
The geographic boundary of the CIRI region closely approximates the traditional homeland of these people.
Who are the Dena'ina Athabascan people?
500
These structures were partly built underground to keep its inhabitants warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
What is a sod house?
500
This traditional subsistence food of the Inuit people consists of dark whale skin and thick white blubber.
What is muktuk?
500
This is a style of artwork used by Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian peoples characterized by abstract forms of animals and supernatural beings. An example is shown: 
What is formline art?
500
This headwear was worn by Alutiiq hunters to shield their eyes from the Sun and amplify sounds on the water.
What is a bentwood hat/visor?
500
These three tribal designated organizations are a part of the CIRI ecosystem.
What is the Southcentral Foundation, Cook Inlet Tribal Council, and Cook Inlet Housing Authority?