Eskimo (Inuit) (Yup'Ik)

Cama-i Dance Festival 1993 Part II

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Major themes covered: annual dancing event attracts performers and observers from throughout Alaska—groups participating include the Koshare Indian Dancers of Colorado; King Island Dancers of Nome; White Sail Dancers of Laverencia from Chutotka, Russia; Stebbins; Emmonak; Hooper Bay; and the Bethel Native dancers from Bethel, Alaska
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Cama-i Dance Festival 1993 Part I

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Major themes covered: annual dancing event attracts performers and observers from throughout Alaska—groups participating include the Koshare Indian Dancers of Colorado; King Island Dancers of Nome; White Sail Dancers of Laverencia from Chutotka, Russia; Stebbins; Emmonak; Hooper Bay; and the Bethel Native dancers from Bethel, Alaska
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Respect for the Past

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Major themes covered: the science of archeology as it relates to exploring the Eskimo past, plus career opportunities in archeology
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The Treasures of Our Past

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Yup’ik Antigone

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Major themes covered: presentation of David Hunsacker’s adaptation of the 2,500-year-old Greek play by Sophocles—here realized in the Yup’ik language with English language narrator/interpreter
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Old Dances New Dancers

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Major themes covered: documents the first annual Young People’s Eskimo Dance Awareness Festival held in Chevak, Alaska—a festival to revitalize traditional Yup’ik dancing among young people.
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St. Mary's Potlatch

 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.

Named locations: St. Mary's Village, AK;  Pilot Station, AK; Yukon River; Curukalriit (Men's House)

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