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Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 14
Walter Akpik, Sr. (Utik) was interviewed on June 20, 1983 by Bill Schneider and Wendy Arundale at the site of Itqiuraq on the Meade River near Atqasuk, Alaska for the Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project. Walter mostly spoke in Iñupiaq and his son, Joe Akpik, was the Iñupiaq language translator during the interview. The group traveled by boat to Itqiuraq so that Walter could be at the place while discussing its history and uses. In this interview, Walter talks about boating and trapping in the Piqsaġniq area, and people who have used the area. (IHLC Tape #00088)
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 11, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 12, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 13, 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 87-103-13
Project: Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project
Date of Interview: Jun 20, 1983
Narrator(s): Walter Akpik, Sr.
Interviewer(s): Bill Schneider, Wendy Arundale
Translator:
People Present: Joe Akpik
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 11, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 12, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 13, 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) Boating around the Piqsaġniq area.
2) People who used the area.
3) Joe Akpik summarizes in English what Walter said in the previous sections.
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Transcript
Section 1: Piqsaġniq\ river - water level\ trapping\ trapping - lack of dogs\ boating - seasonal\ Saaŋiaq\ Qakiqsiñaaq\ river - terrain\ travel - towing|
Section 2: coal\ people - Wainwright\ Bodfish, Waldo\ Itqiuraq\ trappers - Wainwright\ hunting - foxes\ Piqsaġniq|
Section 3: river\ boating\ travel\ coal\ Wainwright\ Bodfish, Waldo\ Itqiuraq\ trapping\ hunting - foxes\ Piqsaġniq|