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Kathy Turco

Kathy Turco is the owner/recording artist of "Alaska Spirit Speaks: Sound and Science" in Fairbanks, Alaska. She records voice and natural sound to produce audio storytelling productions focused on Alaska's Native cultural knowledge and a variety of scientific subjects, including climate change. For more information about Alaska Spirit Speaks.

Kathy Turco appears in the following new Jukebox projects:

As Interviewer

Interview Title Archive #: Oral History Project Abstract
George Attla 2011-19-08 Dog Mushing in Alaska George Attla was interviewed on June 27, 2011 by William Schneider, Kathy Turco, and Karen Brewster at Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks in Fairbanks, Alaska. In this interview, George talks about how he got into dog mushing and racing, how he trains dogs, memories of specific races, and what dogs and mushing mean to him personally.

As a Person Present at Interview

Interview Title Archive #: Oral History Project Abstract People Present
Bobby Vent, Interview 2 2002-27-11 Gates of the Arctic National Park

Bobby Vent was interviewed on May 30, 2003 by Bill Schneider in Huslia, Alaska, and recorded by Kathy Turco of Alaska Spirit Speaks. The recording was made during a workshop on climate change when Kathy and Bill were in Huslia. This interview compliments an earlier interview with Bobby Vent done by Wendy Arundale in 1992 (Oral History 93-15-55, click on Bobby Vent, Interview 1 in Digital Assets Information to access this earlier interview). In this 2003 interview, Bobby focuses on when he ran the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. He infuses the story with a great deal of excitement and seemed to enjoy the re-telling. It is one of the few recordings about the early years of the race.

 Kathy Turco
Tom Gray 2000-102-17 Reindeer Herding: The Present and the Past

Tom Gray was interviewed on March 19, 2002 by William Schneider, Greg Finstad, and Knut Kielland at the Reindeer Herder's House in Nome, Alaska. Kathy Turco was also present during the interview. In this interview, Tom talks about how he got involved in reindeer herding, the challenges and successes of herding, the effect of caribou moving onto the Seward Peninsula, changing environmental conditions, changing technology, and the future of the reindeer industry. He also touches on how herders use geography to protect their reindeer herds from infiltration by caribou.

 Kathy Turco
Faye Ongtowasruk 2000-102-18 Reindeer Herding: The Present and the Past

Faye Ongtowasruk was interviewed on March 20, 2002 by Bill Schneider, Knut Kielland, and Kathy Turco at the Reindeer Herder's House in Nome, Alaska. In this interview, Faye talks about growing up around reindeer herding, taking over the family's reindeer herd after her husband passed away in 1992, the jobs she has done with herding and during corraling time, and her son managing the herd. She also talks problems with caribou infiltrating the herd and how environmental changes have effected reindeer herds and herdings. Her interview is complimented by some photographs taken by the late National Park Service photographer, Robert Belous.

 Kathy Turco