Reviving Tradition Through Thread, Healing, and Culture
Reconnecting with our ancestral ways and helping others do the same.
Carrying Knowledge Forward
Available Workshops Across Alaska & Beyond
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Learn to sew your own traditional qaspeq in a guided hands-on workshop.
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Create a traditional Yup’ik headdress that honors ancestral strength.
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Craft a beautiful crossbody bag using traditionally harvested sealskin.
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Reviving Traditional Sewing in Contemporary Alaska
Cultural Identity & Lineal Descent
Indigenous Mental Health & Generational Healing
The Story Behind Sew Yup’ik
Youth Empowerment Through Ancestral Arts
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Through Sew Yup’ik, Nikki Corbett offers hands-on, heart-centered workshops designed specifically for youth, weaving cultural education with creativity, healing, and identity building.
These offerings support the next generation in reconnecting to their ancestral roots through traditional sewing arts.
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I travel across Alaska and beyond to teach traditional sewing — qaspeq making, nasqurrun (headdress) workshops, sealskin bags, and more.
My goal is to make this work accessible while honoring the time, energy, and knowledge it takes to prepare and lead each session.
~ Nikki, Sew Yup’ik
Sharing The Journey
Yup’ik Alphabet Coloring Book
Bring language, culture, and creativity into your home with the Yup’ik Alphabet Coloring Book — a fun and educational resource created to help children and families connect to the Yup’ik language through art.
Each page features a hand-drawn illustration representing a Yup’ik word and letter from the alphabet, paired with cultural teachings and vocabulary. Whether you're a parent, teacher, or learner of any age, this coloring book is a meaningful way to introduce our traditional language in an accessible, engaging format.
Quyana for supporting language revitalization, one page at a time.
All Things Sew Yup’ik – The Podcast
All Things Sew Yup’ik is a storytelling podcast that weaves together threads of culture, healing, resilience, and identity through the lens of traditional sewing and Yup’ik lifeways. Hosted by Nikki Corbett, this podcast honors the voices of Indigenous artists, creators, and knowledge holders while sharing personal reflections and teachings from Nikki’s journey as a Yup’ik woman, educator, and healer.
Whether you're a lifelong learner or new to the sewing circle, you’re invited to sit with us, learn with us, and reconnect to what was never lost—just waiting to be remembered.
Sew Yup’ik on YouTube
Step into the sewing circle with the Sew Yup’ik YouTube channel, where tradition meets hands-on learning. Hosted by Nikki Corbett, a Yup’ik artist and educator, this channel is dedicated to sharing cultural teachings, DIY tutorials, and stories that celebrate Yup’ik lifeways.
From making qaspeqs and nasqurrun (headdresses) to harvesting traditional plants and salve-making, each video is grounded in Indigenous knowledge, cultural pride, and a love for sharing.
Whether you’re a beginner or experienced sewer, you'll find tutorials, tips, and cultural reflections that guide you stitch by stitch.
Sew Yup’ik is led by Nikki Corbett
A Yup’ik artist, culture bearer, and lifelong learner.
For the past 10 years, I’ve traveled across Alaska teaching qaspeq sewing, nasqurrun (headdress) making, and sealskin bag workshops. These traditional arts are powerful tools for cultural healing, resistance, and remembrance.
Every stitch is an act of reconnection — not just to fabric, but to identity, to land, and to each other.
Sew Yup’ik Merch – Shop & Support
Wear your story and help us keep our stitches strong.
Show your pride in Indigenous culture and support Sew Yup’ik with exclusive merch from our Bonfire store!
Our designs celebrate Yup’ik identity, traditional sewing, and cultural strength — all printed on soft, high-quality apparel.
Every purchase helps support the teaching of traditional sewing arts across Alaska.
Nasqurrun (Headdress) made with decorative trimming, beaver, wolf fur, canvas, and embellished with beads.