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Project Jukebox

Digital Branch of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Oral History Program

Catherine Attla, Part 1

Catherine Attla

Catherine Attla was interviewed in April 1995 by Mike Spindler in the studio at KIYU-AM public radio station in Galena, Alaska for the Raven's Story radio series. In this first part of a two part interview, Catherine talks about traditional Koyukon beliefs, and hunting geese, ducks, moose, caribou, small game, beaver, and muskrat.

The interview was edited and produced by Mike Spindler.

See also:

Catherine Attla, Part 2

Digital Asset Information

Archive #: Oral History 96-20_PT.1

Project: Raven's Story
Date of Interview: Apr 28, 1995
Narrator(s): Catherine Attla
Interviewer(s): Mike Spindler

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Funding Partners:

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Parts:

Catherine Attla, Part 2

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Themes

Alaska Natives, Beavers, Caribou, Ducks, Flooding, Geese, Goose Hunting, Hunting, Moose, Muskrat Hunting, Pollution, Storytelling, Subsistence, Traditional Beliefs, Trapping

Cutoff Alaska, Galena Alaska, Huslia Alaska, Koyukuk River

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Sections

1) Biography (1:15)

2) Koyukon beliefs (12:08)

3) Spring geese (9:25)

4) Geese in summer and fall (7:58)

5) Ducks, pollution, and floods (6:59)

6) Moose and small game (11:44)

7) Caribou (Catherine and Steven Attla) (7:20)

8) Beaver and muskrat (5:29)

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