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Major themes covered: two master carvers demonstrate the making and use of the traditional fish trap—in the Yup’ik language
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Major themes covered: chronicles the experiences of the Second Scout Batallion of the Alaska Army National Guard, composed primarily of Yup’ik soldiers from subarctic Western Alaska, as they deploy to Northern Kuwait for one year during Operation Iraqi Freedom
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Major themes covered: shows the creation of three masks designed and carved by Yup’ik master craftsmen—and presents a public performance by the Bethel Native Dancers of stories and songs, a performance that revived masked dancing in the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta of Alaska
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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.
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Major themes covered: The KYUK TV Productions Collection: wood carver Nicholas Charles demonstrates and explains his art
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Major themes covered: The KYUK TV Productions Collection: ivory and wood carver John Kusowyuk demonstrates and explains his art
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Establishing shot: Main street of Bethel, Alaska, with Lucy Beaver walking in sealskin garments.
Named locations: Nunapitchuk, Bethel, Kuskokwim Community College
Major themes covered: The KYUK TV Productions Collection: Lucy Beaver explains and demonstrates the native craft of sewing animal skins into useful product from her home in Bethel, Alaska
Native activities shown: Skin preparation and sewing; storytelling.
Named locations: Bethel, Alaska
Major themes covered: The KYUK TV Productions Collection: explains the traditional manner in which children are entertained by native storytellers using storyknives to sketch images in the mud while telling the legends of the community
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Major themes covered: naturalist photographer Herman Kitchen captures the world of the Arctic in the summer
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"To the Arctic village of and the land of Eskimo huskies, comes the Canadian cameraman, Doug Wilkinson. Living with an Eskimo family, he joins the everyday chores, like chopping frozen seal meat for the dog teams and learns the difficult native language. Sharing the better and primitive existence of the Arctic for fourteen months, cameraman Wilkinson records an authentic film study of life in the frozen and forgotten Far North.”