Men-Both sexes wore the parka, a frock like garment reaching to the knees with hoods for outdoor wear. Trousers for both sexes are made of seal or caribou. Boots are made of seal skin with hair on.
Waterproof boots are hairless.
Permanent and winter houses were of semi dugout construction. The framework and rafters consist of wooden beams overlaid with split timbers, the whole covered deeply with earth and sod. The Alaskan Eskimos have no belief in or conception of a personified supreme power. They believe strongly that spirits inhabiting animal bodies or inanimate objects, as well as spirits of the dead, may impart supernatural power to humans. The Kotzebue people endeavor to obtain a surplus of seal and beluga for trading purposes.