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Inupiat Heritage CenterImage of a girl thrown high in the air during the blanket toss at Nalukataq (the celebration following a successful whaling season).
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The Inupiat Heritage Center is located in Barrow, Alaska, the largest city in the North Slope Borough and the northernmost city in the United States. Barrow can be reached via commercial and charter flights from Anchorage and Fairbanks.
Old engraving showing supplies being landed from a Spanish galleon  

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Tax Evasion: The Spanish King received a quinto, a 20% tax, on all cargoes of private ships. Archaeology has found that much more was transported than archive invoices show. Merchants resorted to smuggling to transport their riches untaxed. Ft Matanzas National Monument, Florida

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