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Catherine Attla, Part 2
Catherine Attla

This is the continuation of an interview with Catherine Attla 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 second part of a two part interview, Catherine talks about fishing, hunting for wolves, lynx, bears, and wolverine, trapping, what life was like in the old village, and predicting the weather.

The interview was edited and produced by Mike Spindler.

See also:
Catherine Attla, Part 1

Digital Asset Information

Archive #: Oral History 96-20_PT.2

Project: Raven's Story
Date of Interview: Apr 28, 1995
Narrator(s): Catherine Attla
Interviewer(s): Mike Spindler
Location of Interview:
Galena, Alaska
Location of Topic:
Huslia, Alaska
Funding Partners:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Parts:
Catherine Attla, Part 1
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Themes

Alaska Natives, Bears, Fish, Fishing, Hunting, Lynx, Pike, Salmon, Storytelling, Subsistence, Trapping, Village, Weather, Whitefish, Wolverine, Wolves
Cutoff Alaska, Galena Alaska, Huslia Alaska, Koyukuk River

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Sections

1) Pike and salmon (7:38)

2) Pike and whitefish (5:17)

3) Wolf and lynx (10:45)

4) Bear and wolverine (8:33)

5) Bear dens (5:40)

6) Trapping (8:55)

7) Life in the old village (8:44)

8) Weather (13:00)

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