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Tape # H78-184
Roger McPherson talks to Lee Edwin, Sr. and Teddy Luke outside Lee's home in the early winter-spring.
Lee Edwin was 69 years old. Lee Edwin talks about...
1) ...Tanana in the old days.
Tanana - before white men\ Tanana - changes\ Tanana - lights\ Indian village\ stores\ World War I|
2) ...stores
trails - location of\ transportation - horses\ Nenana\ mail\ Manley Hot Springs\ Tolovana\ Minto\ Nenana\ freight\ roadhouses\ Nome\ Yukon River\ Fairbanks\ telegraphs|
3) ..."Indian Wars."
wars - Indian\ Anchorage\ Yukon\ Nenana|
4) ...the Army's presence.
Army - effects on villages\ Army - presence|
5)...Rapids on the Yukon
fishwheels\ 40 years -- Lee and Marian\ hard to get wood\ good fishing spot\ used to come down from Tanana River\ Stevens Village\ "Crossjacket"\ sold dry fish -- Army, Ft.Yukon\ Fairbanks
6)...Customary Law and Traditional Ways
Caribou -- hunt in August and September\ hair short, good for clothing( parky, pants )\ Beaver -- hunt in September\ good for clothing (cap,jacket, mitts)\ fur buyers -- buying fur at the wrong time\ fall Moose --hides heavy\ good for boot soles\ cow, save for mitts (light)|
7)...Trapping\Environmental Ethics all over
Lake Minchumina, Minto, Stevens Village\ marten\ Game Wardens -- strict\ hunting female animals\ fish camp
8) ...the Depression and employment.
Depression\ employment - fish camps|
9 )...Carrying mail
trap between Tanana and Manley\ haul mail and freight -- 9 dogs\ trapping\ trail open\ effect of airplanes (1942?)\ trapped up Rapids and Stevens Village|
10)... Activities on the River
riverboats\ steamboats\ passenger boats\ cut wood?\ sell fish?\ price comparison|
11 )...Fun Times
dog races\ St. Patrick's Day\ Moose Hall\ everything -- changing\ Potlatches -- New Year's Eve
Tape 2
Lee Edwin, Sr. tells stories in Koyukon about...
1) ...how Crow got Marten's arm back.
Crow\ Bear\ Marten\ stories - origin\ owl - big head\ transportation - canoe\ marten - limp|
2) ...how Crow, Loon and Swan got their colors.
stories - origin\ Sipultosa - painted everything\ Birch Creek\ Lake Minchumina\ birds - water fowl\ birds - coloring\ crow\ loon\ swan\ loon - backward feet\ swan - brown head|
3) ...how Crow got married.
stories - origin\ crow\ duck\ net\ whale - swallows crow\ whale - food|
4) ...when Bear took the sun away.
stories - origin\ bear - story\ crow\ canoe\ spruce gum\ bear - crow's uncle\ bear - steals sun\ knife - crow stabs sun\ bear - bump on back|
5) ...a willow grouse and crow story.
willow grouse\ crow\ willow grouse - girl\ crow - loves willow grouse\ canoe\ bathing - urine\ urination|
6) ...the story of an epidemic.
disease - epidemics\ epidemics\ Ft. Gibbon\ Lake Minchumina\ Toklat\ Kantishna\ Birch Creek\ holidays - Christmas\ Cos Jacket\ Fairbanks|
7) ...how men first learned how to make birch bark canoes.
stories - origin\ canoe - bark\ willow grouse\ food - grouse\ transportation - canoe\ grouse - shape of breast bone\ bark - alder\ bark - spruce|
8) ...Sisou's story about the starvation people.
sisou - old grandmother\ starvation - people\ Tanacross\ Koyukuk\ Alatna|
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