LAND SEA SKY

Land Sea Sky is a one-hour video documentary which introduces audiences to the varying controversial and often emotional issues which underlie Native Sovereignty in Alaska. It traces the impact of Western influences on Alaska's indigenous peoples and examines the scope of their political, cultural, and economic evolution. It presents these issues as an on-going and ever evolving story, while offering an interpretation which will challenge viewers to think critically and intellectually about the place indigenous peoples hold and the sacred traditions they keep in our social and political world. This is the story of the Alaska Native struggle for self-determination. The video highlights evidence that there is nothing short of a Native spiritual movement occurring in Alaska. This movement is about healing the wounds of history and moving forward into the future with a renewed sense of determination.

“Alaska Natives maintained their own forms of traditional governments and sovereignty prior to the arrival of Westerners. But their encounters with Euro-Americans and subsequent encapsulation into the larger American society forced them to adopt new strategies and initiatives to protect their land and culture. They initiated a yet-evolving process to reconstruct their sovereignty within new and existing institutions to reflect and protect who they are and to maintain the integrity of their tribal groups. During the past 250 years, Alaska natives have struggled to preserve and protect their relationship with the land, to enhance their general welfare, to control their destiny, and finally, to define their relationships with the larger society and with government institutions.”
—Rosita Worl

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© 2003 Bill Hess