Photos: WEIO 2017

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Jose Casados III performs in knuckle hop at World Eskimo-Indian Olympics on July 22, 2017. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News)

Athletes and fans from around Alaska converged on the Carlson Center in Fairbanks for the 2017 World Eskimo-Indian Olympics on July 19-22, 2017.

The annual four-day competition traces its history back to 1961. Now, it includes 21 competitive events and a few demonstrations, most born of the survival skills integral to the history of rural Alaska and its Native people.

Find many more stories and videos from all four days of WEIO here.