Harvesting a Bowhead Whale Alaska

   Please share & subscribe! YOU MIGHT NEVER PASS THIS WAY AGAIN.... Butchering a bowhead whale is a deeply spiritual part of the Inuit culture here in Northern Alaska. They believe that the whale gives itself to them to sustain the community. It is a deeply spiritual belief and when the harvesting of the whale happens, nothing goes to waste and it is totally shared with everyone. The people here have a good sense of community and really provide for their elders and those who have less and cannot manage for themselves.   

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They share with everyone, this feast. I invite you to try to understand the people, the situation and the nature of living in one the most Northern and isolated regions of remote Alaska. Recently Kamau Bell of United Shades of America came to Barrow to begin to understand. I suggest to check out his show United Shades and the episode, The Last Frontier. READ BELOW for more info on Barrow.