Akutaq, sometimes called Eskimo ice cream, is a traditional Yupik dish of whipped animal fat folded with wild berries, served at Alaska Native potlatches and Heritage Center demonstrations in Anchorage.

Akutaq has been made for centuries by Yupik and Inupiat peoples in western and northern Alaska, traditionally with whipped caribou fat or seal oil folded with crowberries, blueberries or salmonberries. The dish remains a regular part of Alaska Native potlatches and is honoured at the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage.

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