The Indigenouse People's Common Thread design is inspired by Yakuluq - birds and Sayaq - fish depicted in Yup'ik graphic art that was used to mark bent wood items and tools with soot or ochre. Yup'ik people live in relation to the water systems in Southwest Alaska and all the animals that depend on them. These designs are examples of the immense and intimate ecological knowledge of Yup'ik people and serve as reminders of the collective responsibility shared by all of us to respect all things - the basis for Yup'ik values.