Nutarrluki: Make Them New

FAIN: PW-285230-22

Kyuk Am Tv (Bethel, AK 99559-0468)
Katie Basile (Project Director: July 2021 to May 2022)
Gabby Hiestand Salgado (Project Director: May 2022 to present)

Reformatting and cataloging an estimated 1,000 to 1,200 hours of video and audio recordings documenting the traditional language, lifestyle, and culture of Yup’ik and Cup’ik Alaska Native people, which would be discoverable through the American Archive of Public Broadcasting website. 

The NUTARRLUKI: “Make Them New” project seeks funding to digitize, catalogue and share portions of a large collection of video and audio tapes documenting the lifestyles, cultural traditions and languages of the Yup’ik and Cup’ik Alaska Native people. This rare collection, owned by KYUK - Bethel Broadcasting Inc., reflects a unique, indigenous American population and is in critical need of attention if it is to survive, much less be publicly shared. It is believed to be the largest collection in the world of Yup’ik/Cup’ik related video content that captures the traditions, language and customs that were developed before contact with the West.