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A Dancing People “Yupiit Yuraryarait”

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Title: A Dancing People "Yupiit Yuraryarait"
Year: 1983
Duration: 0:30:31
Director: Alexie Isaac
Writer: Corey Flintoff, Lillian McGill
Producer: Corey Flintoff
Sponsor: KYUK-TV, Bethel, AK
Major Themes: Dancers and musicians from nine Yup’ik Eskimo villages gather in St. Mary’s in the fall of 1982 for the first major regional dance festival in more than 50 years. The video documents three days of dancing, gift giving, and contests.

Tribes: Eskimo (Inuit) (Yup 'Ik)

Locations: Negeqliq Qaariitaarvik village the nine Yup’ik villages from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta

Categories: alaska dancing eskimo inuit potlatch Yup'ik

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