Anchorage Fur Rendezvous

Vocabulary

bounce fur pounding rendezvous seal supply toss trampoline trapper walrus

spring or leap like a ball thick animal hair beating, hitting repeatedly meeting at a pre-arranged place an aquatic mammal prized for its fur materials kept in stock for future use throw lightly athletic equipment used for jumping into the air person who catches wild animals for a living large seal-like mammal with tusks

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Anchorage Fur Rendezvous
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Post-Reading Questions

Who is considered the winner of Blanket Toss Event?

Where is the game often played?

When did this game start?

Answers

1. The player who bounces the highest

2. At festivals and other Inuit celebrations

3. When mountain men, Inuits and fur traders used to meet at a pre-arranged place in the early spring of each year.