Director Graham Johnston
Country/Production UK
Release 1985
Length 47 mins
Format Colour / DVD or VHS / PAL / All region
Location Alaskar, Kobuk River, USA / America
Ethnic Group Kuvanmiit Eskimo
Comments Joint purchase with Muktuk recommended
Order No RAI-200.222
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Tuktu is the Kuvanmiit Eskimo word for caribou. The film traces the early evolution of Ambler, founded almost 30 years ago on the Kobuk River in Alaska. Change and development mark life now in this village near an old caribou migration path. Subsistence values face rapid Westernization, but the villagers’ desire to combine their old way of life with the new remains the strongest force.
