INTRODUCTION 



This account of the Dance Festivals of the Alaskan Eskimo 

 was written from material gathered in the Bering Strait District 

 during three years' residence: two on the Diomede Islands, and 

 one at St. Michael at the mouth of the Yukon River. This 

 paper is based on my observations of the ceremonial dances of 

 the Eskimo of these two localities. 



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