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The Reindeer Thief
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Filmmaker Name:
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Katrina Waters, Sarah Elder, Leonard Kamerling
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Film Length:
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13 min
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Film Year:
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1988
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Duration:
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0-20 min
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Decade:
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1980s
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Series:
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Alaska Native Heritage Film series
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Secondary Creator:
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Executive producers Sarah Elder, Leonard Kamerling
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Color:
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color
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Region:
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North America
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Subject:
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Indigenous Studies
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Like many St. Lawrence Island legends, this story is set in Siberia where Chukchi, the Reindeer People, live.
Pelaasi, an elder from Gambell, speaks Siberian Yupik. His mythical story, about a man who goes out in search of a reindeer thief, is an ungipaghaq, a tale that has been passed down unchanged through generations and believed to be based in truth.
Note on Term "Eskimo":The films in this series make use of the name "Eskimo." While once broadly applied, it is a perjorative term and considered offensive. While the inception of the word is a matter of debate, it is no longer used or applied in our film catalog. The context in which the term appears in this series is an acknowledged relic of a colonial past, presented in its original version. DER apologizes for any offense caused.
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