The Reindeer Thief
- Media type
- Film
The Reindeer Thief · The Reindeer Thief · MOVIE
Documentary 1988
About this title
Like many St. Lawrence Island legends, this story is set in Siberia where Chukchi, the Reindeer People, live. Pelaasi, an elder from Gambell, speaks Siberian Yupik. His mythical story, about a man who goes out in search of a reindeer thief is an ungipaghaq, a tale that has been passed down unchanged through generations and believed to be based in truth.