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Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 10
Walter Akpik, Sr. (Utik) was interviewed on May 23, 1983 by Bill Schneider, Wendy Arundale and Kathy Itta Demientieff (now Ahgeak) at the site of Itqilliq on the Meade River near Atqasuk, Alaska for the Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project. Walter mostly spoke in Iñupiaq and Kathy was the Iñupiaq language translator during the interview. The group traveled by snowmachine to Itqilliq so that Walter could be at the place while discussing its history and uses. In this interview, Walter talks about the history of Itqilliq, Kaŋiġaksraq, Isuqtuq and Aki. He talks about the people who have used the areas, and the types of activities that occurred there, including hunting, fishing and trapping. (IHLC Tape #00084)
See also:
Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 1, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 2, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 3, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 4, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 5, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 6, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 7, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 8, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 9, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 11, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 12, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 13, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 14, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 15, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 16, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 17, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 18, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 19, Part 1, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 19, Part 2
Digital Asset Information
Archive #: Oral History 87-103-08
Project: Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project
Date of Interview: May 23, 1983
Narrator(s): Walter Akpik, Sr.
Interviewer(s): Bill Schneider, Wendy Arundale, Katherine Itta Ahgeak
Translator:
Location of Interview:
Funding Partners:
North Slope Borough, Iñupiat History, Language and Culture Commission
Parts:
Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 1, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 2, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 3, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 4, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 5, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 6, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 7, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 8, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 9, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 11, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 12, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 13, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 14, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 15, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 16, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 17, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 18, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 19, Part 1, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 19, Part 2
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Sections
1) People who utilized Kaŋiġaksraq.
2) Reasons people came to Kaŋiġaksraq.
3) Iŋaluaqtuuq Creek.
4) Kathy Itta translates into English what Walter said in Sections 1, 2 and 3.
5) Occupation and use of Itqilliq, Isuqtuq, and Aki.
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Transcript
Section 1: Kaŋiġaksraq - residence\ dwellings - sod\ Tuvaatchialuk\ Tiġitquuraq\ Qayaaq\ Qiayuk\ Naulik\ Katuaq\ Kuutchiuraq\ Sikvayugak, Joseph|
Section 2: Barrow\ fishing\ Olemaun\ Aishanna, Bailey\ camp - hunting\ Kiiriq\ trapping - winter\ fishing - nets\ Kippi\ Kippi, Phoebe\ use - winter|
Section 3: Isuqtuq\ Tunik, Clayborne\ Aŋupqan\ camps - debris\ Simmonds, Samuel\ Simmonds, Martha\ camps - visible|
Section 4: Kathy translating what Walter said previously|
Section 5: Itqilliq\ Itqilliq - use of\ allotment\ Barrow\ Itqilliq - moving to\ travel\ snowmachine\ Akpik, Walter - grandfather\ hunting - caribou\ fishing - fall\ Akpik, Barry\ Akpik, Greta\ camp - moving\ allotments -- owners of\ Hopson, Lolly\ Hopson, Al Jr.\ subsistence resources - availability\ lake\ Nashaknik, Henry - family\ house - remains\ kayak\ Itqilliq River\ Isuqtuq\ Isuqtuq -- camping\ Aki\ Ikpikpak River\ Aki -- use of\ Atqasuk\ subsistence - fall\ stories\ trip -- date of\ Akpik, Barry - age\ coal\ fishing|