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Ilegvak is Peter Williams Yup’ik name and preferred name. Ilegvak is a culture bearer, artist, designer, filmmaker, writer, activist and educator originally from his family’s village of Akiak, Alaska. His hand-sewn works repurpose skin from self-harvested traditional foods, bridging worlds of Indigenous art and food systems. The deeply holistic nature of his Alaska Native culture not only informs his art but is why he creates it.
“Mr. Williams has access to a luxury good — and a relationship to it — that global brands like Saga Furs and Fendi do not.”
