Many cultures have a steambath, and for Native people in the Southwestern Alaska region, the Yup'ik or Yupiit, we call it the maqi- which of course is done in a maqiiwiik, a place to maqi.
Article taken from The StarPhoenix, March 30th 2011.
"The playwright behind an adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy Antigone, which features a corrupt First Nations chief, plans to go ahead tonight with a performance on her home reserve despite being banned from doing so by the local band council.
Lucy Tulugarjuk with a guest Isabelle Gilles discuss the Mary River Phase 2 Technical Hearings that took place in June, 2019 in Iqaluit. In this show they talk about the topics of the social impacts of the mine on the community and the effect of the mine on women. They also discuss effects of the mine on narwhale, the speed of the speed of the ships, and black carbon.
