Once Our Way

"Once Our Way" includes interviews with people from the community of Tununak, Alaska, in southwest Alaska. This 1970s film also contains scenes of subsistence activities, and traditional drumming and dancing. The film was made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Alaska State Council on the Arts, and the Alaska Humanities Forum. It was photographed, produced and directed by Yup'ik filmmaker Andrew J. Chikoyak. (Color/Sound/16mm film). This film is AAF-11578 from the Lower Kuskokwim School District collection held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska & Polar Regions Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives. The Alaska Film Archives appreciates your support. Your donation in any amount will help us continue important preservation work. Please visit the “About” section of our YouTube channel to learn how you can help today. Thank you! For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.