Eskimo (Inuit) (Yup 'Ik)
Films:
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Follows life of a boy in the Eastern Arctic
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The KYUK TV Productions Collection: Lucy Beaver explains and demonstrates the native craft of sewing animal skins into useful product
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the science of archeology as it relates to exploring the Eskimo past, plus career opportunities in archeology
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an introduction to the science of archeology as it relates to exploring the Eskimo past
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historical documentary tells the story of the men and women serving in the Tundra Army of Alaska’s Territorial Guard during World War II where more than half of the Guard was comprised on Yup’ik and Inupiaq Eskimos
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The KYUK TV Productions Collection: dancers and musicians from nine Yup’ik Eskimo villages gather in St. Mary’s for the first major regional dance festival in more than 50 years—film documents three days of dancing, gift giving, and contests.
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Naturalist photographer Herman Kitchen captures the world of the Arctic in the summer
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hunt for seal meat
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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; Hoop
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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; Hoop
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annual dancing event attracts performers and observers from throughout Alaska in the Spring—groups participating include the Bethel Traditional Dancers; Bethel High School Warriors Dancers; St. Mary’s Dancers; Tomodachi Daiko Taiko Drummers; Chevak Dancer
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annual dancing event attracts performers and observers from throughout Alaska in the Spring—groups participating include the Bethel Traditional Dancers; Bethel High School Warriors Dancers; St. Mary’s Dancers; Tomodachi Daiko Taiko Drummers; Chevak Dancer
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Douglas Wilkinson lives for 14 months with Eskimos in Canada
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history of St. Mary’s Mission, an orphanage and school founded by Jesuits priests and Ursuline sisters in 1905 in Akulurak, on the Yukon River, and closed down in 1987
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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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Native life north of Nome, Alaska—as seen on TV series, Bold Journeya
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Craft activities of the Inuit of Baffin Island
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Eskimo of Nunivak Island
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(Northwestern Alaska): from The World and Its People series Produced by Louis de Rochemont
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Essential summer activities Inuit groups that live apart from settlements in Canada and USA
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Eskimo hunters in kayaks search for walrus in the early 1930s
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Winter in Western Alaska
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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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celebrating Christmas in the Russian Orthodox manner in the Orthodox villages of the lower Kuskokwim River
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(Parts 1 and 2): the Canadian Government Arctic Expedition begins to organize the Northwest
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installment of Primitive Peoples series
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Inuits show how to construct an ice home
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dancers from the Yukon/Kuskokwim Delta villages perform
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The KYUK TV Productions Collection: Interviews about old customs and skills
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The KYUK TV Productions Collection: More discussion of old skills, especially leather work
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The KYUK TV Productions Collection: Discussion of the old ways concluded
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The KYUK TV Productions Collection: Discuss the Historical Preservation Project and Eskimo past
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The KYUK TV Productions Collection: Eskimo Olympics festivities
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The KYUK TV Productions Collection: Interview and more July 4 festivities
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The KYUK TV Productions Collection: Blanket toss and dancing at festivities
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The KYUK TV Productions Collection: Scenes of everyday life
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Inuit life on Baffin Island during the changing seasons
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celebrated early documentary from documentary pioneer Robert Flaherty explores the rugged life of Eskimos
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The KYUK TV Productions Collection: wood carver Nicholas Charles demonstrates and explains his art
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Study of Indians, Eskimos, and whites living together and interacting in settlements in Canada’s
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Sullivan Richardson adventure film in Alaska
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Unused footage from Sullivan Richardson’s visit to Kotsebue and Nome, Alaska in late 1940s
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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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a troupe of amateur actors from Toksook Bay, Alaska travel to Nancy, France to present David Hunsacker’s adaptation of Sophocles’ Antigone at the Theatre des Nations—then at LaMama Playhouse in New York City [for the actual play, see Yup’ik Anti
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Hunting and daily activities of Eskimos of Little Diomede Island in Alaska
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residents of three lower Yukon River villages gather in St. Mary’s to celebrate the traditional Yup’ik Messenger Feast at which young people coming of age are honored
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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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Yup’ik storytellers spin tales of fantastic creatures, ghosts, and the mischievous “Little People”
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focuses on artifacts and what they tell scholars about our past through a visit to the Smithsonian Institution and the collection assembled by Edward Nelson
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focuses on artifacts and what they tell scholars about our past through a visit to the Smithsonian Institution and the collection assembled by Edward Nelson
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two master carvers demonstrate the making and use of the traditional fish trap—in the Yup’ik language
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Eskimo women explain and enjoy a seal party—in the Yup’ik language
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old men explain the use and care of dog sleds
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master carvers from Nunivak Island explain and demonstrate the function of the dance stick—in Yup’ik language
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Native American totem poles
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The KYUK TV Productions Collection: ivory and wood carver John Kusowyuk demonstrates and explains his art
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magnificent silent color film of Eskimo life in Northern Alaska; produced and edited by Edwin C. Kraft (1955-1965)
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Silent color film of Eskimo life in Alaska by Edwin C. Kraft
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Magnificent silent color film of Eskimo life in Northern Alaska; produced and edited by Edwin C. Kraft (1955-1965)
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American couple explores the state of Indian culture in Michoacán, Mexico
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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