Nick Tanape Sr. is interviewed by Ron Stanek in Nanwalek, Alaska on

July 21, 1996.

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1) Personal history.

born 1946\ English Bay\ school\ subsistence\ hard times and good times\ 6 brothers\ military -- drafted\ military -- 1967-1971\ New Jersey\ fishing -- brothers\ moved -- 1980\ bought house\ worked and fished -- 1980|

2) Marine mammal hunting.

seal hunting\ followed dad\ own skiff\ Point Adam\ Elizabeth Island\ beach -- cooking\ father taught\ hunting tools\ seal -- no waste|

3) Marine mammal hunting (continued).

seal hunting\ Elizabeth Island\ early 50's\ store -- smoked\ fewer seals\ Port Adam?\ Anderson Beach\ Nuka Bay\ on beach -- groundhogs, bears, goats\ camp\ in boat\ stay with friends\ mostly stay on beach|

4) Seals (continued).

seals back to village\ shared meat\ seal delicacies -- guts, liver, heart\ munyuk on Bar-B-Q\ meat -- given away\ fewer people in 50's\ meat -- smoke and cut\ share meat -- celebrations and potlucks|

5) Seals (continued).

share meat -- family\ seal fat -- give away\ seals -- decline\ pup season\ Elizabeth Island\ Anderson Beach|

6) Seals (continued).

commercial fishing\ seals -- eating habits\ Port Graham\ seal fat -- seal oil\ share meat -- family\ sea lion hunting\ beach -- all participate\ flipper\ meat -- salted|

7) Sea lions.

off point\ CB\ retrieval -- hook\ tides\ seals -- float\ current\ village\ Elizabeth Island\ Flat Island\ sea lion -- tow\ people come to beach|

8) Sea lions (continued).

sea lions -- number\ size\ sea lion parts\ skin|

9) Animal uses.

flippers\ meat -- preparation\ seal gut -- preparation\ seal skin -- tanned\ arts and crafts|

10) Crafts and population control.

sea lion whiskers\ Aleut hats\ sea otters -- hats, dolls\ clams restoration\ Port Graham\ control sea otter population|

11) Sea otters.

sea otter\ location\ Channel Island ?\ float\ crafts|

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