Template:Did you know nominations/Paul Tiulana

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... that after losing his leg in World War II, Paul Tiulana helped bring back an Iñupiat dance that had not been fully performed in over fifty years?

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Source: {{tqq|In 1982 and again in 1991, the King Island Iñupiaq Eskimo community revived the Wolf Dance, which had not been performed in its entirety since 1930...Ugitkuna, Tiulana's father, died as a Wolf Dancer in the 1930 dance. Tiulana revived the Wolf Dance in 1982 and 1991.}}{{Cite journal |last=Kingston |first=Deanna M. |last2=Koyuk |first2=Lucy Tanaqiq |last3=Mayac |first3=Earl Aisana |date=2001 |title=The Story of the King Island Wolf Dance, Then and Now |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1500408 |journal=Western Folklore |volume=60 |issue=4 |pages=263, 277 |doi=10.2307/1500408 |issn=0043-373X}}{{pb}}{{tqq|He was drafted in World War II and had his leg shattered while loading lumber in Nome. Doctors mis-set it and shipped him to a hospital in Washington state. By the time he arrived, gangrene had set in. The leg was amputated in a series of three excruciating operations.}}{{Cite news |last=Mike |first=Dunham |date=1994-06-20 |title=Paul Tiulana |url= |access-date= |work=Anchorage Daily News |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/article/anchorage-daily-news-paul-tiulana-mike/170619631/ A1] and [https://www.newspapers.com/article/anchorage-daily-news/170619849/ A10] |via=Newspapers.com}}{{pb}}{{tqq|He spearheaded a project to build a traditional skin boat, or umiak, in 1982, and he played a key role in the revival of the ceremonial Wolf Dance, which was finally performed in 1982 for the first time in more than 50 years.}}{{Cite web |title=Paul Tiulana |url=https://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/paul-tiulana |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=National Endowment for the Arts |language=en}}}}
ALT1: ... that after losing his leg in World War II, Paul Tiulana helped bring back an Iñupiat dance last performed by his father fifty years ago? Source: See above.
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Comment: Couple things: Iñupiaq and Iñupiat are the plural/singular versions of the word, but they get used interchangeably (and incorrectly) enough that I can't intuit which one to use where. Apologies. The line about Tiulana's father dying in the 1930 dance is a reference to a superstition that people who would perform the dance were doomed to die. {{pb}}Also, in middle school I used to be friends with a distant relative of Tiulana's wife. Didn't realize that until after I wrote the article and saw a familiar looking name in her obituary, shouldn't be enough to trigger a COI anyway, but I'm noting it for the sake of transparency.

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GreenLipstickLesbian 💌🦋 18:34, 23 April 2025 (UTC).

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