Ouroboros Spine Aĝadgi

Gotcha! Although I think (as far as Arrluk's family and the terms often used) is more Inupiaq/Inupiat!

Hard had these weeks been on the new first time father. Yet he took the heaviness in his eyes, the soreness in his legs and stiffness in his neck with both stride and pride. 

He was a father of Moonglow now. He was Tóangun, Waterman of the villages. 

It was with this pride, yet a wince as his raw neck was jerked side to side, did he hoist a fish from the river and flop it and himself onto the lake bed. 

Knowing the well needed respite for his wife, Arrluk does not wait long for rest until he is getting up once more, taking the fish and bringing it to the ulaq of the Starhunter. Within the red and gold of Aumauttuk grove, he would settle the fish at the mouth of the den and take a few steps in. The squeaks of his new pups to greet him, a sharper tone from Ahna, who struggled at her first steps yet announced her accomplishment. 

Paniga.He licks each of them on their little noses and cheeks. First, to the dark face of Ahna, then to the pale one of Chinook.