{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"By making mukluks, this Alaskan woman is preserving the I\u00f1upiat tradition","publication_date":"September 11, 2019","summary":"In many Alaskan communities, it used to be common for I\u00f1upiaq women to teach their daughters how to sew mukluks and crimp the soles, but in recent generations, this process was passed down less and less often, said Mary Lou Sours, a Noatak, Alaska, resident and seamstress.","author_name":"By Valerie Kern, Alaska Public Media","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2019\/09\/Completed-Mukluks-3-1024x768.jpg","thumbnail_height":768,"thumbnail_width":1024}