What is the name of the soft boot, usually sealskin, worn by the Inuit and Yupik?
Mukluk Mukluk Mukluks or Kamik (Inuktitut: ᑲᒥᒃ ) (singular: ᑲᒪᒃ "kamak", plural: ᑲᒦᑦ "kamiit") are a soft boot, traditionally made of reindeer (caribou) skin or sealskin, and worn by Arctic aboriginal people, including the Inuit, Iñupiat, and Yupik. Mukluks may be worn over an inner boot liner and under a protective overshoe. The term "mukluk" is often used for any soft boot designed for cold weather, and modern designs may use both traditional and modern materials. The word "mukluk" is of Iñupiat and Yupik origin, from "maklak", the bearded seal, while "kamik" is an Inuit word. In the Inuipiaq language the
Sealskin hunt seals in many countries, particularly young seals. The value of global sealskin exports in 2006 was over 16 million Canadian dollars. Sealskin Sealskin is the skin of a seal which has been hunted. Seal skins have been used by aboriginal people for millennia to make waterproof jackets and boots, and seal fur to make fur coats. Sailors used to have tobacco pouches made from sealskin. Canada, Greenland, Norway, Russia and Namibia all export sealskin. It was traditionally used to make Scottish sporrans. The Inuit people indigenous to Canada and Alaska argue that banning seal products is detrimental to their