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Tumput: Our Paths
Alaska Natives at Thirty

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Tumput: Our Paths
Alaska Natives at Thirty

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Twelve years ago, a small group of Alaska Native high school students from villages across Alaska were the subject of Michael Green's documentary film Challenge Yourself! Revisit four of these young people as they turn thirty. Who are they now?

From Anchorage to Pt. Lay; from Bosnia to Kotlik, follow the lives of four young people as they become parents, partners, teachers, soldiers and community members in both urban and rural Alaska. Portraying the complex role of race, village life, and native tradition and ritual in modern Alaskan life, Tumput: Our Paths is a story of personal and cultural transition.

* "Tumput" (Doom-Poot) is the Central Yup'ik word meaning "our paths."

For more information about Alaska's Native languages see: Alaska Native Language Center.

Featuring the music of Pamyua ( Bum-U-Ah ) Alaska's world renowned Yup'ik and Inuit acapella singing group. Pamuya's most recent CD was nominated for Best World Music Recording at the 2002 Native American Music Awards.