The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909, publicizing the development of the Pacific Northwest. The fairgrounds became the campus of the University of Washington. The AYPE included a constructed "Eskimo Village," which exhibited Indigenous people as attractions for the fair's visitors. This image shows Memlinga and Raltuga, a mother and child, wearing traditional furs in the "Eskimo Village."

The term Eskimo refers to the Indigenous Peoples of far northern North America, but is widely viewed as offensive or inappropriate today. The term was imposed by non-Indigenous colonizers.

Caption on image: Memlinga and Raltuga, Eskimo Mother and Babe, Eskimo Village, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, Wash. 1909. Official Post Card.
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