Unangax̂ Region
Bering Sea Storms, Past and Present
- Film Series -
Produced summer of 2024
The Bering Sea Storms, Past and Present film series takes viewers across the the Aleutian Island Chain on a month-long expedition carried out by 20 scientists and 20 crew aboard the Sikuliaq research vessel to investigate how ancient and modern storms have impacted the coast to help inform how future storms may impact coastal communities into the future. The Unangax̂, indigenous to the area, also share about this unique landscape, the way of life, and their lived experiences with climate change.
The film series was produced as part of a traveling museum exhibit, first on exhibition at the Museum of the Aleutians.
The Bering Sea Storms, Past and Present film series takes viewers across the the Aleutian Island Chain on a month-long expedition carried out by 20 scientists and 20 crew aboard the Sikuliaq research vessel to investigate how ancient and modern storms have impacted the coast to help inform how future storms may impact coastal communities into the future. The Unangax̂, indigenous to the area, also share about this unique landscape, the way of life, and their lived experiences with climate change.
The film series was produced as part of a traveling museum exhibit, first on exhibition at the Museum of the Aleutians.
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Hawaiian & Tlingit
Breath of Aloha
Produced September 2022
Breath of Aloha is an Audience Choice award winning film that reaches beyond the shores of Hawaii to share the deep meaning and importance of Aloha. Breath Of Aloha, episode 1, will immerse you into the daily lives of people living Aloha within the shores of the Hawaiian Islands and while on a journey up to the shores of Alaska with the Tlingit people. Breath of Aloha can also be seen on Hawaiian Airlines Aircraft.
Breath of Aloha is an Audience Choice award winning film that reaches beyond the shores of Hawaii to share the deep meaning and importance of Aloha. Breath Of Aloha, episode 1, will immerse you into the daily lives of people living Aloha within the shores of the Hawaiian Islands and while on a journey up to the shores of Alaska with the Tlingit people. Breath of Aloha can also be seen on Hawaiian Airlines Aircraft.
Iñupiat - Northwest Region
Ikaaġvik Sikukun
- Film Series -
Produced winter of 2020
Ikaaġvik Sikukun -Inupiaq for ice bridges - is a research project in Kotzebue, Alaska that connects the community with scientists to understand sea ice change in Kotzebue Sound. Under guidance from an advisory council of Elders, the project uses state-of-the-art observing techniques, including unmanned aerial systems (commonly known as drones) to answer questions related to sea ice, ocean physics and marine mammal biology.
Ikaaġvik Sikukun -Inupiaq for ice bridges - is a research project in Kotzebue, Alaska that connects the community with scientists to understand sea ice change in Kotzebue Sound. Under guidance from an advisory council of Elders, the project uses state-of-the-art observing techniques, including unmanned aerial systems (commonly known as drones) to answer questions related to sea ice, ocean physics and marine mammal biology.
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Counting on Caribou
Iñupiaq Way of Life in Northwest Alaska
Produced winter of 2016
Counting on Caribou showcases the ways in which the Iñupiat people of Northwest Alaska are seeking to maintain their connection to caribou and the influences that threaten this staple subsistence food
Counting on Caribou showcases the ways in which the Iñupiat people of Northwest Alaska are seeking to maintain their connection to caribou and the influences that threaten this staple subsistence food
Tied to the Land
Voices From Northwest Alaska
- Film Series -
Produced 2015
Tied to the Land film series, a Sustainable Futures North project through the University of Alaska Fairbanks, showcases 10 northwestern Alaskan villages as they adapt to rapid changes in climate, weather and resource development. You will be immersed into the daily lives of active hunters, fishers and gatherers in the northwestern arctic by land, sea and air.
Tied to the Land film series, a Sustainable Futures North project through the University of Alaska Fairbanks, showcases 10 northwestern Alaskan villages as they adapt to rapid changes in climate, weather and resource development. You will be immersed into the daily lives of active hunters, fishers and gatherers in the northwestern arctic by land, sea and air.
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Effects of Weather and Climate
on Subsistence Communities
Produced: January 2014
The activities of subsistence hunters, fishers and gathers are dramatically effected every day by weather and changing climate conditions. Having accurate information to gauge ice thickness, wind, temperature can make the difference between success and failure, safety and danger. Effects of Weather and Climate on Subsistence Communities takes us to seven Northwestern Alaska Native communities (Kotzebue, Kivalina, Point Hope, Noatak, Ambler, Buckland and Deering) to find out how people there deal with and adapt to ever changing and less predictable environmental conditions.
The activities of subsistence hunters, fishers and gathers are dramatically effected every day by weather and changing climate conditions. Having accurate information to gauge ice thickness, wind, temperature can make the difference between success and failure, safety and danger. Effects of Weather and Climate on Subsistence Communities takes us to seven Northwestern Alaska Native communities (Kotzebue, Kivalina, Point Hope, Noatak, Ambler, Buckland and Deering) to find out how people there deal with and adapt to ever changing and less predictable environmental conditions.
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English language version
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Inuktitut language version
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Fishing in Nome, Alaska
Produced: December 2017
FISHING IN NOME, ALASKA takes viewers into the everyday lives of commercial and subsistence fishermen to discover how locals catch and process salmon and halibut. This film was produced for a fishing exhibit at the Carrie M. McLain Memorial Museum that opened November 2017.
FISHING IN NOME, ALASKA takes viewers into the everyday lives of commercial and subsistence fishermen to discover how locals catch and process salmon and halibut. This film was produced for a fishing exhibit at the Carrie M. McLain Memorial Museum that opened November 2017.
Gold Dredging in Nome, Alaska
Produced December 2017
GOLD DREDGING IN NOME, ALASKA takes viewers into and around large bucket-line gold dredges with operators and locals to learn some of the ways these ship-like machines mine placer gold in and around Nome, Alaska. This film was produced for an interactive exhibit at the Carrie M. McLain Memorial Museum that opened November 2017.
GOLD DREDGING IN NOME, ALASKA takes viewers into and around large bucket-line gold dredges with operators and locals to learn some of the ways these ship-like machines mine placer gold in and around Nome, Alaska. This film was produced for an interactive exhibit at the Carrie M. McLain Memorial Museum that opened November 2017.
Dena'ina Region
A Part of This Land
Produced fall 2020
A Part of this Land showcases many important wild landscapes while tribal members of Alaska share how wild plants are important for food, medicine and ceremony. Viewers will hear how the EPA and tribal organizations can work together to protect the land, consider all voices when making legal decisions, and the importance of allowing access to subsistence foods.
A Part of this Land showcases many important wild landscapes while tribal members of Alaska share how wild plants are important for food, medicine and ceremony. Viewers will hear how the EPA and tribal organizations can work together to protect the land, consider all voices when making legal decisions, and the importance of allowing access to subsistence foods.
Yup'ik - Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Region
Tundra to Table
- Film series -
Produced fall 2016
The Tundra-to-Table cooking series is designed to celebrate the benefits of wild, Alaskan superfoods. The series demonstrates how to make simple, healthy dishes using ingredients that are readily available in villages, both from the tundra and the store.
The Tundra-to-Table cooking series is designed to celebrate the benefits of wild, Alaskan superfoods. The series demonstrates how to make simple, healthy dishes using ingredients that are readily available in villages, both from the tundra and the store.
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QUAGCIQ (SOURDOCK) SMOOTHIE
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QUAGCIQ (SOURDOCK) and NAUNRAT (SALMONBERRY) AKUTAQ
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Athabascan - Music and Dance
Tradition in Tune
The 30th Athabascan Fiddle Festival
Produced March 2013
When gold was discovered in Alaska over a hundred years ago, miners, trappers, and traders who came to seek their fortunes brought their fiddles and an old country music tradition with them. The Athabascan people they interacted with heard the music, picked it up and claimed it for their own. For the past thirty years Native Fiddlers have gathered in Fairbanks Alaska to trade tunes, hear each others' unique styles and perform for a grateful audience.
Tradition in Tune takes viewers to the thirtieth anniversary Athabascan Fiddle Festival, a four-day, non-stop expression of Native unity, culture and values.
When gold was discovered in Alaska over a hundred years ago, miners, trappers, and traders who came to seek their fortunes brought their fiddles and an old country music tradition with them. The Athabascan people they interacted with heard the music, picked it up and claimed it for their own. For the past thirty years Native Fiddlers have gathered in Fairbanks Alaska to trade tunes, hear each others' unique styles and perform for a grateful audience.
Tradition in Tune takes viewers to the thirtieth anniversary Athabascan Fiddle Festival, a four-day, non-stop expression of Native unity, culture and values.
Iñupiat & Tlingit - Ethnobotany
TIES TO ALASKA'S WILD PLANTS
- Film Series -
Produced 2016
This film series is designed to teach viewers about the many traditional Alaskan indigenous ways of using wild plants for food, medicine and construction material. Filming of the Iñupiat traditions occurred during the summers of 2013 & 2014 in Kotzebue, Alaska and filming of the Tlingit Transitions of Helen Watkins occurred in 2015 in Juneau, Alaska. This video series was funded by the National Science Foundation under Grant # 1546438.
This film series is designed to teach viewers about the many traditional Alaskan indigenous ways of using wild plants for food, medicine and construction material. Filming of the Iñupiat traditions occurred during the summers of 2013 & 2014 in Kotzebue, Alaska and filming of the Tlingit Transitions of Helen Watkins occurred in 2015 in Juneau, Alaska. This video series was funded by the National Science Foundation under Grant # 1546438.
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Iñupiaq - Language and Culture
Aqqaluk Trust
2015 Youth & Elders Conference
- Video series -
Produced January 2017
In the spring of 2015, Aqqaluk Trust hosted a Youth & Elders Conference in Kotzebue, Alaska. These videos feature some of the language and culture activities during the 4 day conference, including traditional craft workshops, interactive language activities, panel discussions and insightful interviews with participants and hosts. This video series also includes 3, soon to be 4, Iñupiaq language version workshop videos in which viewers can listen to dubbed Iñupiaq and follow along with the written Iñupiaq and English translation.
In the spring of 2015, Aqqaluk Trust hosted a Youth & Elders Conference in Kotzebue, Alaska. These videos feature some of the language and culture activities during the 4 day conference, including traditional craft workshops, interactive language activities, panel discussions and insightful interviews with participants and hosts. This video series also includes 3, soon to be 4, Iñupiaq language version workshop videos in which viewers can listen to dubbed Iñupiaq and follow along with the written Iñupiaq and English translation.
Click below to view all 14 videos produced from the 2015 conference.
Produced May 2013
Six Iñupiaq Language and Culture films, edited for the Smithsonian Institution’s Arctic Studies Center, are designed to help teach Iñupiaq language and culture through discussions with Elders over traditional objects that are on loan from the Smithsonian in DC and currently housed in the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center area of the Anchorage museum. You will hear several Iñupiaq dialects spoken between eight Elders during a workshop in January of 2012.
Six Iñupiaq Language and Culture films, edited for the Smithsonian Institution’s Arctic Studies Center, are designed to help teach Iñupiaq language and culture through discussions with Elders over traditional objects that are on loan from the Smithsonian in DC and currently housed in the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center area of the Anchorage museum. You will hear several Iñupiaq dialects spoken between eight Elders during a workshop in January of 2012.
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Tlingit, Haida & Tsimshian
SHARING OUR KNOWLEDGE
- Video collection -
Produced: 2015- 2024
Wooshteen Kanaxtulaneegí Haa At Wuskóowu - Sharing Our Knowledge” is a multi-disciplinary conference of Alaska Native Elders, academics, artists, fluent speakers, students and others to discuss subjects such as linguistics, archaeology, art and music, Alaska Native history, museum studies, cultural anthropology, indigenous law and protocols.
Sarah Betcher directed and edited the 2015 conference videos, directed the filming of the 2017 conference, and filmed behind the scenes interviews with participants at the 2019, 2022 and 2024 conference.
Wooshteen Kanaxtulaneegí Haa At Wuskóowu - Sharing Our Knowledge” is a multi-disciplinary conference of Alaska Native Elders, academics, artists, fluent speakers, students and others to discuss subjects such as linguistics, archaeology, art and music, Alaska Native history, museum studies, cultural anthropology, indigenous law and protocols.
Sarah Betcher directed and edited the 2015 conference videos, directed the filming of the 2017 conference, and filmed behind the scenes interviews with participants at the 2019, 2022 and 2024 conference.
Click below to view all Sharing Our Knowledge conference videos.
Knowing Fish
Produced July 2017
Fishing is a way of life in Alaska. This film celebrates the importance of fishing in Alaska's coastal communities and the value of fishermen's knowledge for science and management.
Fishing is a way of life in Alaska. This film celebrates the importance of fishing in Alaska's coastal communities and the value of fishermen's knowledge for science and management.
Unangax̂ (Aleut) - Bentwood Hats
The Art of Bentwood Hats
- Video series -
Produced July 2014
For one week in March of 2012, the Smithsonian Institution’s Arctic Studies Center at the Anchorage Museum brought together two master artists and two apprentices to make Aleutian Islands bentwood hats while also sharing their traditional knowledge with school children, visitors, and museum staff. Sarah edited the recorded footage into a film series, including an introduction, how-to steps, and interviews with each artist and apprentice.
For one week in March of 2012, the Smithsonian Institution’s Arctic Studies Center at the Anchorage Museum brought together two master artists and two apprentices to make Aleutian Islands bentwood hats while also sharing their traditional knowledge with school children, visitors, and museum staff. Sarah edited the recorded footage into a film series, including an introduction, how-to steps, and interviews with each artist and apprentice.
Click below to watch the whole series.
