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Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 19, Part 2
This is the continuation of an interview with Walter Akpik, Sr. (Utik) on June 30, 1983 by Bill Schneider and Wendy Arundale at his home in Atqasuk, Alaska for the Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project. Joe Akpik was the Iñupiaq language translator during the interview. In this second part of a two part interview, Walter talks about hunting and fishing in the Atqasuk area. He also talks about the site of Aki, the people who lived there, and the activities that took place there. (IHLC Tape #00094)
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 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
Digital Asset Information
Archive #: Oral History 87-103-19
Project: Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project
Date of Interview: Jun 30, 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 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
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Themes
Alaska Natives, Caribou, Childhood Memories, Coal, Fish, Fish Net, Fish Trap, Fishing, Food Preservation, Food Storage, Historic Sites, House, Hunting, Ice Cellar, Inupiat, Land Use, Life on the River, Native Language, People, Place Names, River, River Place Names, Sod Dwelling, Subsistence, Traditional Skills
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Sections
1) Caribou traps and fishing.
2) Life in Atqasuk in the early days.
3) Fishing in the area, and Greta Akpik adds information about fishing lines.
4) Aki and the activities that went on there.
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Transcript
Section 1: caribou - snow trap\ Atqasuk\ Imaġruaq\ fish - netting\ fish - subsistence\ house - Kuutchiuraq\ Tunik, Clayborne\ house - Aahaaliq\ house - Namniq\ residence - permanence\ fishing\ fish - grayling\ lake - testing\ fish - great volume\ trap - construction|
Section 2: Atqasuk\ Akpik, Walter\ dwelling\ childhood\ fishing - Akpik\ fishing - ling cod\ fishing - technique\ Uyaġak\ Qiŋaġnaak\ coal\ dwellings - ruins\ Panikpatchiaq\ Nayukok\ Ikpikpak\ house - Matulik\ house - Annaqtuuq\ house - Panikpak\ Suġłuk|
Section 3: fishline - baleen\ fishline - sinew\ fishline - grayling\ fishline - burbot\ Aaŋa\ Kippi, Phoebe\ Kiiriq\ Nunamiut|
Section 4: Aki\ Atqasuk - people\ Aki - fishing\ occupation - seasonal\ houses\ fishing - whitefish\ fishing - seasonal\ ice cellars\ food - fermentation\ auruq\ tipayyaaq|