Tourists visit Kotzebue, Alaska, 1980s

Tourists arrive by airplane to visit Kotzebue -- Qikiqtaġruk in the Iñupiaq language -- in Northwest Alaska. There they experience an Alaska Native dancing and drumming demonstration, participate in a blanket toss, and watch as fish are cleaned and dried on a rack. They retire to the Nullaġvik Hotel on Front Street. These scenes were filmed circa the 1980s by Alaskan filmmaker Bill Bacon (Color/Silent/16mm film). These clips are from AAF-20086 of the William W. Bacon III 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. 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.