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Sarah Skin

Sarah Skin is the Oral Historian with the North Slope Borough, Inupiat History, Language and Culture Commission in Barrow, Alaska. She provides Inupiaq language translation assistance and provides access to th department's collections of historic photographs and oral history and Inupiaq language materials. She helped with the Sea Ice Project Jukebox.

Sarah Skin appears in the following new Jukebox projects:

As Interviewer

Interview Title	Archive #: Oral History	Project	Abstract
Percy Nusunginya, Part 1	2013-25-28_PT.1	Sea Ice in Northern Alaska	Percy Nusunginya was interviewed on February 25, 2016 by Karen Brewster at the Tuzzy Consortium Library in Barrow, Alaska. Sarah Skin, Oral Historian for the North Slope Borough Iñupiat History, Language and Culture Commission (IHLC) was also present at the interview. In this first part of a two part interview, Percy talks about his family's history as whalers, his own education about sea ice and whaling, and the importance of understanding the wind, the current, and the ice conditions in order to be safe on the ice. Percy also talks about drifting out on the ice, the role of ice in whaling and choice of whale camp location, and the effect of climate change on changing ice conditions.
Percy Nusunginya, Part 2	2013-25-28_PT.2	Sea Ice in Northern Alaska	This is the continuation of an interview with Percy Nusunginya on February 25, 2016 by Karen Brewster at the Tuzzy Consortium Library in Barrow, Alaska. Sarah Skin, Oral Historian for the North Slope Borough Iñupiat History, Language and Culture Commission (IHLC) was also present at the interview. In this second part of a two part interview, Percy talks about different ice types, ice movement, the effect of wind and current, and the difficulty of describing the ice. He also discusses ice safety, and adapting to changing conditions and the future of whaling.

As Translator

Interview Title	Archive #: Oral History	Project	Abstract	Translator
David Leavitt, Sr.	2013-25-06	Sea Ice in Northern Alaska	David Leavitt, Sr. was interviewed on November 14, 2013 by Karen Brewster and Dyre Oliver Dammann at his home in Barrow, Alaska. Sarah Skin with the North Slope Borough's Inupiaq History, Language and Culture Commission assisted as translator. The "In Inupiaq" portions of the transcript were translated by Muriel Hopson. In this interview, David talks about growing up at Cape Halkett, coming to Barrow and learning to whale at age fourteen, and wind, current, and ice conditions around Barrow. He also talks about changes in the ice and weather that he has seen in his lifetime.	Sarah Skin, Muriel Hopson