Soaring and strong: WEIO fosters Indigenous togetherness as it puts on a high-flying show. Story and many photos from Fairbanks
Colton Paul, of Kipnuk, connects with the ball in the two foot high kick finals on the third day of the 2023 World Eskimo-Indian Olympics in Fairbanks on July 14, 2023.
“I’m growing my own kids, my daughter and my son,” she said. “It’s time to come back and show them what WEIO is.” Forest Strick competes in the drop the bomb event, in which competitors support their body weight with outstretched arms. Autumn Nanouk of Unalakleet waits to compete in the women’s blanket toss.
Fairbanks hosted WEIO for dozens of events over four days, ending Saturday. Many events are rooted in some way to the subsistence or survival skills traditional to Alaska’s Indigenous people. WEIO is a celebration of culture as much as it is a sports spectacle, punctuated often with traditional dancing and drumming.
“It’s just amazing to be a part of this community,” she said. “I took too long of a break. I’ve missed it.” “As I’m getting older and my skills are getting better,” she said. “I feel like I’m helping perpetuate the knowledge of how to create the regalia, and that makes me really excited.”Competing at the same time on opposite sides of the floor, two elite athletes took two very different approaches to kicking a sealskin ball in the Alaska high kick.
On Thursday, dozens of competitors in the maktak eating competition sat side by side with an approximately three-inch cube of chewy bowhead fat and skin set before them and an ulu with which to cut it. Warden said her sharp ulu helped, but chewing slowed her down more than expected, especially after she shoved many bites in her mouth at once.Brittany Woods-Orrison, from the Interior village of Rampart, doesn’t have regular access to maktak.
Father faced son for the championship in the men’s finals. Both Frank Lane, the elder, and Frank Louis Lane, said their family has cartilage that hooks the line firmly. Frank Louis Lane called them “anchor ears.” Finalists Flora Rexford, left, and Caroline Wiseman both try to stop bleeding from behind their ears during the finals of the ear pull.
Behind the arena Friday night, Titus, 24, had to pause to collect her thoughts, overwhelmed by the experience of being crowned and celebrated by a WEIO audience of several hundred. Family and friends jostled for pictures with her, and the Minto dancers gave an impromptu performance in her honor. Danica Taylor of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, takes a breath before an attempt in the one foot high kick.
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