Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Morell, Patrick.
2. DHCA.

Description

1. 1 streaming video file (60 min., 38 sec.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Documentation of dances performed at an all-night, intergenerational thanksgiving celebration, set in a gymnasium. Point Hope, located on the north slope of Alaska, is home to the Tikarak people, an old Arctic culture that bases its lifestyle on whaling. The dances on this tape, accompanied by singing and drumming, are performed by both sexes and all ages, as solos or in groups of various sizes. Scenes of the Alaskan landscape conclude the tape.

Subject

1. Eskimos > Alaska
2. Eskimo dance > Alaska
3. Eskimos > Music
4. Dance > Alaska
5. Drummers (Musicians)
6. Child dancers
7. Alaska

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.
3. Anthropological films and programs.

Call number

1. *MGZIDF 8887

Note

1. Title from information provided by Patrick Morell.

Access (note)

1. Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in Point Hope, Alaska, in 1994, by Patrick Morell.

Title

1. [Thanksgiving celebration, Point Hope, Alaska] [videorecording]

Imprint

1. 1994.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Event

1. Videotaped in Point Hope, Alaska, in 1994, by Patrick Morell.

Restricted access

1. Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Local note

1. Former call number: *MGZIC 9-4795.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Morell, Patrick. Videographer
2. DHCA.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDF 8887