Project Jukebox Survey
Help us redesign the Project Jukebox website by taking a very short survey!
Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 11
Walter Akpik, Sr. (Utik) was interviewed on June 15, 1983 by Bill Schneider, Wendy Arundale and Kathy Itta Demientieff (now Ahgeak) at an unidentified location 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 boat to sites along the Meade River so that Walter could be at the place while discussing its history and uses. In this interview, Walter talks about traveling on the river by boat with a sail, with dogs towing the boat, and by paddling. He also talks about fishing under the ice in the winter, his father and reindeer herding, and his father's falltime activities at Igalaaq. (IHLC Tape #00085)
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 10, 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 87-103-11
Project: Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project
Date of Interview: Jun 15, 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 10, 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
Alternate Transcripts
There is no alternate transcript for this interview.
Themes
Alaska Natives, Boats, Camping, Camps, Caribou, Dog, Family, Fish, Fish Net, Fishing, Historic Sites, Hunting, Inupiat, Land Use, Life on the River, Native Language, Place Names, Reindeer Herding, River, River Place Names, Seasonal Movement, Skin Boat, Store, Subsistence, Supplies, Traditional Knowledge, Traditional Skills, Travel, Water Depth, Whitefish
After clicking play, click on a section to navigate the audio or video clip.
Sections
1) River travel when he was a young man.
2) Towing a boat along the river with dogs.
3) Traveling by water in the area.
4) Akpik, Walter's father.
5) His father's activities at Igalaaq.
Click play, then use Sections or Transcript to navigate the interview.
After clicking play, click a section of the transcript to navigate the audio or video clip.
Transcript
Section 1: Qatiqsiñaaq\ Anugauraq\ Tikiġluk\ travel - with sails\ travel - without sails\ travel - towing\ travel - boat\ umiaq\ Meade River\ Igalaaq\ Patiktitaq\ Qagluuraq\ fishing - netting\ fishing - winter\ fish - whitefish\ fish - grayling\ houses\ Kuulugruaq|
Section 2: towing - rope\ travel - towing\ towing - dogs\ towing - shoreline\ river - crossing\ river - depth\ travel - paddling\ Qatiqsiñaaq - travel with dogs|
Section 3: travel - education\ travel - destination\ travel - river\ Piqsaġniq\ travel - seasons\ Tikiġluk\ travel - time\ travel - supplies\ food\ camp - cooking\ driftwood\ camp - fire\ sails - canvas\ Brower, Sr., Charles\ store - Brower's\ sails - manufacture\ oars - style\ iputi\ oars - rope\ paddles vs. oars\ paaġutik\ aŋuun\ sails - style\ sails - maneuvering\ napaqsraq\ sails - seasonal use\ whaling - sails\ sails - origin|
Section 4: Akpik\ Tikiġluk\ reindeer - herders\ camp - winter\ Tavvialuk\ Tavvialuqaġliġmik|
Section 5: Akpik\ game - lookout\ game - falltime\ caribou\ Nayukok|