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History
of the Iñupiat: Nipaa I!itqusipta/The Voice of Our Spirit
(2008, 49 min.) US
Director: Rachel Naninaaq Edwardson (Inupiaq)
Producer: Jana Pausauraq Harcharek (Inupiaq), Rachel Naninaaq
Edwardson (Inupiaq)
In Inupiaq and English with English subtitles.
Iñupiat community members in Barrow, Alaska, reflect on
the impact of first contacts, which brought with them devastating
diseases, and the undermining of the indigenous culture and language
by the American educational system.

Image credit: History
of the Iñupiat: Nipaa I!itqusipta/The Voice of Our Spirit
- courtesy of the filmmaker; History of the Iñupiat:
Nipaa I!itqusipta/The Voice of Our Spirit - courtesy of the
filmmaker
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