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安克拉治市的毛皮大會
地方性遺產
您認為照片中的女人正在做什麼？
她正在參加因努伊特人的毛毯拋擲比賽；如照片所示，看起來有點像是在彈簧墊上彈跳，除了周圍那些手持毛毯的人，正一上一下的拋擲這位女士。這是節慶或其他因努伊特人慶祝大會上常玩的遊戲，通常，遊戲所使用的「毯子」都是由海豹皮或海象皮製成，所以它能夠承受遊戲者被拋擲後，降落時所造成的每一次的衝擊。而跳最高的參賽者就是這個遊戲的贏家。
這項遊戲源起毛皮交易，每年早春，當時的山上的住民、因努伊特人及毛皮商人會在一個事先安排好的地方聚會，用他們冬天的獵獲物(毛皮)來交換金錢及日常用品。
1900年代初期，不再繼續此一聚會，因為新派的捕獸者及毛皮買主已經不再需要此種聚會；但到了1930年代，有一群人想要保存他們的歷史，所以他們重新舉辦這些聚會，並將這些聚會改成一次一連十天的慶典，而毛毯拋擲遊戲就是其中一項慶祝活動。
What do you think the woman in the photo is doing?
She is competing in the Inuit Blanket Toss. As you can see from the picture, it's sort of like jumping on a trampoline, except the people who are holding the blanket are raising and lowering it to toss the woman. This is a game often played at festivals and other Inuit celebrations. The "blanket" for the game is usually made from seal or walrus skins, so it can handle the pounding that results every time a player lands on it after a "toss." The winner is the player who bounces the highest.
This game started when mountain men, Inuits and fur traders used to meet in a pre-arranged place in the early spring each year to trade their winter's kills (furs) for cash and supplies. In the early 1900s, these meetings stopped happening because modern trappers and fur buyers had no use for them. But in the 1930s, a group of people who wanted to preserve their history brought back these meetings in the form of a 10-day celebration where games like the Blanket Toss are played.
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