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In Memory of Father Michael Lestenkof
Father Peter Bourdukofsky
Victor Malavansky
Executive Producer Carolyn K. Robinson
Executive Producer for
Aleutian Pribilof Heritage Group
Maj. Gen. Jake Lestenkof, (ret.)
Directed, Written and Produced by Marla Williams
Director of Photography Steven L. Rychetnik
Editors Loren Church
Peter Coan
Steven L. Rychetnik
Narrator Martin Sheen
Composer Alan Koshiyama
Native Flute & Vocals Mary Youngblood
Associate Producer Jessi Roullier
Additional Photography Joel Bennett
Dennis Boni
Erich Volkstorf
Kevin Kurka
Tom Pillifant
Assistant Camera Nate Clapp
Tom Pillifant
Billy McMillan
Ben Stevens
Location Sound Matthew G. Monroe
Len Schmitz
Historical Readings John O'Hurley U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
sealing agent logs & letters
Additional Readings Gov. Jay Hammond
Michael Porcaro
Kinnon W. Williams
William L. Williams
Rob Wike
Contributing Writer Amy Wilson
Creative Consultant Susan Buster Thomas
Sound Designers Scot B. Charles
Len Delorey
Post Audio Mixing Scot B. Charles, Studio Blue, Seattle
Telecine/Colorist John Davidson, Victory Studios
Motion Graphics Kurt Robar, 'krō‚bär™
Research Administration Andy Ryan, Northwest Passages, Inc.
Subject Matter Consultants Gerald Berreman, Ph.D
Jodie Z. Bernstein, Esq.
Wendy Svarny-Hawthorne, Ounalashka Corp.
Stephen Haycox, Ph.D.
Ray Hudson,
Dorothy Jones, Ph.D.
Tetsuden Kashima, Ph.D
John Kirtland, Esq.
Aquilina Lestenkof, Aleut Culturalist, St. Paul Island
Allison McLain, Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association
Bruce Parhamm National Archives Pacific Alaska Region, Anchorage
Dmitri Philemonoff, Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association
Barbara Sweetland Smith
Sherry Valentine, Aleutian Pribilof Heritage Group
Unangan Language Consultants Millie McKeown, Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association
Vlass Shabolin
Mary Bourdukofsky
Archival Stills & Motion Picture Footage Absolutely Archives
Alaska Film Archives, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Alaska Native Heritage Center
Alaska State Library – Historical Collections
Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association
Anchorage Daily News Archives
Anchorage Museum of History & Art
BBC Worldwide Americas Inc.
Boni Productions
CNN Image Source
James J. Russell Collection
Elmendorf AFB Office of History
Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA)
Fredericka Martin Album, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, UAF
Southeast Canneries Collection, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, UAF
Alaska & Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, UAF
Flore Lekanof
George Gordaoff
Gert Hope Svarny
John Kirtland
Harriet Hope
Jake Lestenkof
Mary Bourdukofsky
Alice Petrivelli
Vlass Shabolin
Japanese American Citizens League
Library of Congress
Oregon Historical Society, Moving Image Archives
Tuzzy Consortium Library, Howard Rock/Tundra Times Collection
U.S. National Archives & Records Administration
University of Alaska Anchorage, Archives & Manuscripts
University of Washington Press, Seattle
Production Assistants Sarah Davis
Lorrie Grace McCann
Kerri O'Neill
Tristan Williams-Burden
Associate Producer
Research and Development
Matt Waller
Editor
Research and Development
Laura Rasmuson Emerson
Rights & Clearances Karen Pearson
Legal Counsel Robert L. Manley, Manley & Brautigam, P.C.
Publicity & Public Outreach Northwest Passages, Inc.
SprocketHeads, LLC
Carla Jones, Susitna Productions
Website Created by KROBAR Studios
Northwest Passages, Inc.
Susitna Productions
Transcription Sean Burden
Clare Hamm
Donny Mateaki
Claire Tsutsumi
Special Thanks Alaska Airlines
Kodak Motion Picture Film
Roy Huhndorf
Glennis Liberty
Alvin Merculief, St. George Island
Bruce Parham, National Archives Pacific Alaska Region, Anchorage
Frank Abe
Eleanor Andrews
Grand Aleutian Hotel, Unalaska
Greenwater Marine Charters, Juneau
Janis Krukoff, Unalaska
Japanese American Citizens League
Kent Sundseth
Michael Ardaiz, Mad Dog Graphx
Mirror Studios, Anchorage & Washington, DC
Porcaro Communications, Anchorage
Richard Reeve, Reeve Aleutian Airlines
Scott Matheson, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School
Terry Hyer/ECI Hyer
Dept. American Ethnic Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.
Victory Studios Seattle
Whaler's Cove Sportfishing Lodge, Killisnoo
Wings of Alaska, Juneau

This program was produced by SprocketHeads, LLC for the Aleutian Pribilof Heritage Group and is presented by Native American Public Telecommunications, which receives major funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Distribution provided by American Public Television.
Aleut Story © 2005 APHG