Inu-Yupiaq dance group at 2014 AFN convention

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Scenes of the Inu-Yupiaq dance group performing at the Alaska Federation of Natives annual convention in Anchorage, Alaska, on October 23, 2014. One of the performers provided the following list of songs performed and performers. Songs Performed: 1) Atuutnaamken, Yup'ik song composed by Thomas Albert from Tununak; 2) Atqana, Inupiaq song about honoring our namesakes; 3) Tuyuryaq, "Togiak" a Yup'ik song about flying in an airplane with Metervik Air - it was composed by Maasa Togiak from Togiak; 4) Tuma's Song, a Siberian Yupik song composed by Curtis Silook's daughter Tuma when she was 2 years old - motions were made by Debra "Naaq" Dommek; 5) Tanning, an Inupiaq song about tanning seal skin; 6) Atualuanga, a Yup'ik song about taking a steambath - it was composed by Andrew John from Newtok; 7) Beautiful Swan, an Inupiaq song from Barrow; and 8) Umyuama Wii, a Yup'ik song about day dreaming of seal hunting - composed by Anthony Boyscout from Chevak. Performers: Shenai Simeon, Joel Forbes, Thomas Albert, Lawrence Albert, Baxter Bond, William Kelly, Evan Charles, Vanessa Friend, Bunky Keyes, Rita Ramoth, Damien Lockuk, Allison Lennon, Vicky Hooper, Frank Link, Jennifer Parent, Kaitlin Tom, Christine John, Caity Tozier, Roberta Walker, Marjorie Tahbone, Niki Otton, Florence Kargi (and daughter), Naaq Dommek, Kelsey Wallace, Sarah Walker, Ben Anderson, Willy Augustine, Myron & Cheri Naneng (with son, "Big Boy"), Derek Nashookpuk, and camera operation by Cherilee Demientieff. (Color/Sound/Mini DV videotape).
This sequence contains excerpts from AAF-11498 from the Forbes collection held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.
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