The blanket toss is now conducted as entertainment, but it didn’t originate that way. The Iñupiaq hunter would be tossed in the air, enabling them to see across the horizon to hunt game. Now thirty or more Iñupiaq gather in a circle, holding the edges of a large skin made from walrus hides, and toss someone into the air as high as possible. The person being tossed throws gifts into the crowd and loses their turn when they lose their balance. The object: to maintain balance and return to the blanket without falling over.