Tuktu.

Tuktu is the Kuvanmiit Eskimo word for caribou. The film traces the early evolution of Ambler, founded almost 30 years ago on the Kobuk River in Alaska. Change and development mark life now in this village near an old caribou migration path. Subsistence values face rapid Westernization, but the vill...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Johnston, Graham (Director)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	This edition in English.
Published:	London, UK : Royal Anthropological Institute, 1985.
Series:	Ethnographic video online ; volume 2
Subjects:	Ambler (Alaska) > History. Ambler (Alaska) > Social life and customs. Eskimo. Inuit. Science and technology > Geography > Arctic circle. Psychology > Identity > Cultural identity. Communities. Animals > Mammals > Caribou. Anthropology > Cultural change and history. Social Sciences > Anthropology > Cultural anthropology. Manners and customs. Alaska > Ambler. History. Nonfiction films. Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	Tuktu is the Kuvanmiit Eskimo word for caribou. The film traces the early evolution of Ambler, founded almost 30 years ago on the Kobuk River in Alaska. Change and development mark life now in this village near an old caribou migration path. Subsistence values face rapid Westernization, but the villagers' desire to combine their old way of life with the new remains the strongest force.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 27, 2013).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (48 min.).
Playing Time:	00:47:52