Potlatch

A Dancing People "Yupiit Yuraryarait"

Dedication: "With Love and Respect, this Program is dedicated to the Elders of the Nine Villages."

The KYUK TV Productions Collection: A series of informative TV documentaries spotlighting varied aspects of life among the Yup’ik people of Southwestern Alaska. These films were produced by television station KYUK (Bethel Broadcasting) in Bethel, Alaska, which has kindly made them available to the American Indian Film Gallery.

Nathan Jackson

Named locations: Anchorage, Sitka, Juneau, Ketchikan, British Columbia, Seattle, Washington DC

Major themes covered:  The meaning of totem poles in southeastern Alaskan cultures; contemporary native art and its relationship to traditional native art and practices