Tununeremiut: The People of Tununak - PREVIEW

Purchase: www.der.org/films/tununeremiut... Four sequences, filmed over a two-month period in 1971, portray aspects of the lives of the people of Tununak, a village on the south-western coast of Alaska. In this first sequence the villagers evacuate their homes and camp on higher ground, fearing that a Nuclear test on Amchitka Island, 1000 miles away, may cause a tidal wave. In a quietly ironic scene, the Eskimos listen to the countdown on their radios, wondering if this modern blast will bring forth an ancient disaster. For the whole film visit the link above.
a film by Sarah Elder and Leonard Kamerling
from the Alaskan Eskimo series
distributed by Documentary Educational Resources

[@Asgulria]

Thanks for posting this. I am from Tununak and I was about 7 when this scene happened. Brings back so many memories! This is cool!

[@samlincoln5480]

In this video my grand father Sam Tangkak whom I'm named after describes the events of him time back then in the late 60's and early 70's, He had since passed in 1975, two years before I was born, My mother named me after her father. I wish I was able to have met him, My mother even now in her 70's still feels a emotional longing for her parents. I miss my mother and I pray I will soon be reunited with her when I complete my programs.

[@Asgulria]

@amaroq69 Wiinga Asgulriaruunga. Elpesmi?

[@amaroq69]

Wiigna Cangilnuk...Martha Flynns grandson...:D

[@amaroq69]

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