4th of July in Kotzebue: Baby contest, Miss Arctic Circle, & Arctic Circle contests started last night. Baby contest is named after my Aunt Louvie, master sewer and my dad's hunting partner until she passed in 2007/8. My cousin Shyena Lie is in the first baby pic, then representations of diff styles
I also hung out with a woman who knows our region's plants incredibly well, Lorrie Ward. I guarantee that the words are spelled wrong. My dad stores these in seal oil. I only tried the Masu, which my friend Kathy Ward (master dall maker) describes having a parsnip taste.
