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Tape # H78-108
Alfred Starr talks about...

1)... the Land Claim.
Wickersham's meeting\ Natives -- meetings\ every 4 years\ Fish Camp -- upriver\ Rapids\ dip netting\ fishing|

2 )...Nuchelewoyet (the old meetings and gatherings)
big meeting -- Tanana\ mother (Bessie)\ story -- 20,000 Natives gathered\ camping together\ different dialects\ different potlatches\ different meetings\ hunting, governments, tribal relations\ land -- hunting grounds\ Nuchalawoyya -- meeting\ before the 1st chiefs meeting\ Montana -- Howard, Jerry?\ social celebration\ people gather from -- Koyukuk, Kantishna, Tanana, Yukon|

3 )...Traditional "entrance" to the meetings
come down -- Tanana River\ Mission\ birchbark canoes -- birchbark boats\ notify the village\ crossing the river -- tie boats together\ shoot the water\ (George Edwin?) -- Chief William\ dance -- washtub dance\ "Ring Dance"\ Potlatch|

4)...War/Soldiers
5,000 soldiers\ lst World War\ Europe\ Swenson, John A\ signal corps\ Kotzebue\ Yukon River\ relief cabins\ relief cabin -- Rapids, 37 mi.\ winter -- 3 men\ limited communication -- no telephone|

5)...Flooding... (George Edwin talking now)
1937 -- Fishcreek\ second marriage\ Spring -- contract to cut wood\ Fishcreek -- November by dogteam\ cord of wood -- $7.50\ wood -- $30 per cord ('78)\ floods\ the high spots\ cabins -- floating\ bank flooded|

6)...Old Indian Story (Alfred Starr talking now)
camp -- across from Mission Hill\ old Indian hut\ winter -- very cold\ sod around huts -- insulation\ igloos -- on the coast\ December\ Stevens Village\ different dialect\ dog lost it's tail -- very cold|

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