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Video: Alaska Native dance depicting a seal hunt

This dance conveys the emotions of a hunter who believes he has captured a bearded seal but instead, much to his delight, hauls in a walrus. It was performed Monday at the First Alaskans Institute Elders and Youth Conference in Anchorage by Walter Gregg and the Qikiktagruk Northern Lights Dancers from Kotzebue. The conference continues through Wednesday.

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