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"History of the Iñupiat: 1961, The Duck-in"

"History of the Iñupiat: 1961, The Duck-in"History of the Iñupiat 1961, The Duck-in
(2005, 30 min.) US
Director: Rachel Naninaaq Edwardson (Inupiaq)
Producers: Rachel Edwardson (Inupiaq), Andrew Maclean (Inupiaq)
Executive producer: Jana Harcharek (Inupiaq)
Produced by: the North Slope Borough School District
In English and Inupiaq with English subtitles.

Alaska statehood in 1959 brought federal laws to bear on the subsistence hunting of the Inupiat of Barrow. This video documents the community's successful protest against the government's insensitivity to its traditional way of life.

Image credit: History of the Iñupiat: 1961, The Duck-in; History of the Iñupiat: 1961, The Duck-in

Rachel Naninaaq Edwardson

2006 Native American Film and Video Festival - World premiere. Schedule at-a-glance

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