Episode VII–Ilarion Merculieff
Interview with Ilarion Merculieff–Filmmaker Robert Lundahl. Ilarion Merculieff, tells stories from his Pribilof Island homeland of St. Paul and St. George Islands in the middle of the Bering Sea, 250 miles north of the Aleutians. Larry describes what it was llike growing up Unangan or “Aleut” in this remote place. He describes the social and family relationships and practices and the meaning and importance to cultural survival and development.
He expresses concerns about Arctic ecosystems generally, and in specific as related to multiple species of birds, marine mammals, and fish, including the Yukon River and it's salmon. He discusses TKW, Traditonal Knowledge and Wisdom, and the role it plays in resource management, and the structural thought process behind it as a science.
Ilarion Merculieff has more than forty years experience serving his people, the Unangan (Aleut) of the Pribilof Islands and other indigenous peoples locally, nationally, and internationally in a number of leadership capacities.
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