Elenore McMullen talks with Lydia Robart on October 15, 1997 in Port Graham, Alaska about...

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1) Port Graham's village government system and being the council chief.

Port Graham/ village government/ village council -- five members/ village council -- active in community/ chief/ community -- history of| (Click here for photo.)

2) Historic overview of Port Graham.

Port Graham -- history of/ geographic features/ Cook Inlet/ place names -- meaning of/ weather/ subsistence -- hunting/ subsistence -- fishing/ Exxon Valdez| (Click here for photo.)

3) Travel in the early days, and when people moved to Nanwalek.

nomadic people/ old lifestyle/ travel/ kayaks -- skin boats/ trapping/ Russians -- selling furs to/ Nanwalek -- moving to/ Dogfish Bay/ Russian Orthodox Church/ Moonin, Dimitri| (Click here for photo.)

4) Fishing and use of Johnson Slough.

fishing/ fish camp/ chukluk -- use of/ drying racks/ fish -- cutting/ Red Salmon/ Meganack, Antone/ travel/ Johnson's Slough| (Click here for photo.)

5) Life at Johnson Slough and travel around the area.

Kamluck, Dick -- uncle/ cannery/ tent -- lived in/ Johnson Slough/ travel/ Portlock/ Dogfish Bay -- travel to/ Russian Christmas| (Click here for photo.)

6) Work and changes in the community.

food -- traditional/ work/ Conservation Corps -- employment/ porcupine -- lived on/ fish -- Silver Salmon/ fish trap/ McMullen, Elenore -- father/ change/ cannery/ name calling|

7) Community changes and relations between Natives and non-Natives.

Natives -- discrimination of/ racism/ races -- differences/ fishing -- commercial/ holiday -- celebration/ baking|

8) Canneries and their impact on the community.

change/ cannery -- seasonal work/ housing -- temporary/ cannery -- impacts/ Nanwalek/ fish traps/ community -- changes/ alcoholism/ games -- Aleut Baseball| (Click here for photo.)

9) Women working at the cannery.

cannery -- work/ McMullen, Elenore -- grandmother/ fish -- salmon/ cannery -- working at a young age/ fish processing/ canning| (Click here for photo.)

10) Canneries and fishing and their affects on the community.

good times/ cannery -- closing of/ watchman/ baking -- learning/ Christensen, John/ gardening -- learning/ outsiders -- contributions/ fishing -- commercial/ fishing -- seining/ Kachemak Bay/ boats/ change/ economy| (Click here for photo.)

11) Change and impacts from World War II and the military.

change/ military -- impacts of/ Elenore, McMullen -- brother Marvin/ World War II/ military -- changing values of Natives/ special forces/ Nome/ Atuu/ Japanese -- invade Alaska/ veterans/ veterans -- treatment of|

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