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Pearl Goodwin

Pearl Goodwin is an Iñupiaq elder from Kotzebue, Alaska. She was born to Paul and Grace Outwater and raised in Kiana, Alaska. Her father was originally from Deering, Alaska and her mother from Kobuk, Alaska. Pearl grew up living a traditional subsistence lifestyle moving between the village and various seasonal camps, including coming to the coast in the summer so her father could work in commercial fishing and hunt sea mammals. She worked in social services at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage from 1991 to 1996, and upon moving back to Kotzebue worked at the Maniilaq Health Center. She met John Goodwin in 1976 and they married in 1989. They are rarely seen apart.

Pearl Goodwin appears in the following new Jukebox projects:

Sea Ice in Northern Alaska

Interview Title	Abstract	Archive #: Oral History	Project	Date of Interview
John Goodwin, Part 1	John Goodwin was interviewed on May 17, 2017 by Karen Brewster and Andy Mahoney at his home in Kotzebue, Alaska. His wife, Pearl, also participated in parts of the interview. In this first part of a two part interview, John talks about growing up in traditional susistence lifestyle and moving between seasonal camps, running a dogteam, hunting ringed seals in the winter on the landfast ice, traveling by boat in the early summer through the scattered ice floes to hunt bearded seal (ugruk), and how to stay safe on the ice. He also talks about getting caught in moving ice and drifting out, and the importance of paying attention to the weather, wind, and current. John discusses changing sea ice conditions in Kotzebue Sound, including thinning ice and timing of freeze-up and break-up.	2013-25-36_PT.1	Sea Ice in Northern Alaska	May 17, 2017
John Goodwin, Part 2	This is the continuation of an interview with John Goodwin on May 17, 2017 by Karen Brewster and Andy Mahoney at his home in Kotzebue, Alaska. His wife, Pearl, also participated in parts of the interview. In this second part of a two part interview, John talks about changing sea ice conditions in Kotzebue Sound, including thinning ice, timing of freeze-up and break-up, presence of overflow, and the effect of wind and current. He also talks about the importance of understanding the weather and using clouds to predict changes in the wind and weather, ice safety, and changes in seal and beluga whale hunting. Finally, John and Pearl review more of their personal backgrounds, including education and work history.	2013-25-36_PT.2	Sea Ice in Northern Alaska	May 17, 2017