Abstract
strongly. It is frequently performed at inter-village inviting-ins, whaling feasts, and walrus festivals. There are 11,000 Inupiaq people in Alaska, 6,000 of whom still speak the language. The main villages are Wales, Shishmaref, Kotzebue, Kivalina, Point Hope, Wainwright, and Barrow, all of which feature group mimetic dance, ensemble drumming, dance songs, game songs, and songs-within-stories. Song style and dance style differ slightly from that of the 17,000 Yupik-speaking Eskimo of the Alaskan southwest, but the State as a musical area contrasts with Canada and Greenland (18,000 and 41,000 Inupiaq speakers, respectively), where the solo drum dance is the main form of Eskimo music.
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