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Alice "Aaluk" Solomon

Alice Solomon

Alice Igñaviña Solomon (Aaluk) was an Iñupiaq born in 1918 in Barrow, Alaska (now known as Utqiaġvik). For many years, she worked as a translator for the North Slope Borough's Iñupiat History, Language and Culture Commission where she did in-person translating during oral history interviews and public meetings, as well as helped with the translation and transcription for historical and cultural publications. Alice was an active member of the Presbyterian Church and was part of a group translating the Bible into their Native Iñupiaq language. She also served her community in other ways, such as a member of the Iñupiat History, Language and Culture Commission, and the local health board. In the 1990s, as an elder, Alice was interviewed for historic photograph identification projects, such as the Barrow Photo Album Project Jukebox. Alice passed away in 2003.
Date of Birth:
May 13, 1918
Date of Death:
Mar 15, 2003
Alice "Aaluk" Solomon appears in the following new Jukebox projects:

As a Person Present at Interview

Interview Title Archive #: Oral History Project Abstract People Present
Ben Nungasak, Interview 1, Part 1 87-101-16 Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project

Ben Nungasak (Nuŋŋasauraq) was interviewed on March 15, 1982 by Bill Schneider and Wendy Arundale at his home in Barrow, Alaska (now known as Utqiaġvik) for the Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project. Alice Solomon was the Iñupiaq language translator during the interview. In this first part of a two part interview, Ben talks about growing up living a traditional subsistence lifestyle based upon hunting, trapping, fishing, and seasonal movements, his work history, and camps he remembers on the Meade River. He also talks about place names and describes their locations while looking at a map. (IHLC Tape #00052)

Ben Nungasak spoke in Iñupiaq during the interview. The transcript contains the spoken Iñupiaq written out and its corresponding English translation, both provided by Kathy Itta (now Ahgeak).

 Alice Solomon
Ben Nungasak, Interview 1, Part 2 87-101-17 Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project

This is the continuation of an interview with Ben Nungasak (Nuŋŋasauraq) on March 15, 1982 with Bill Schneider and Wendy Arundale at his home in Barrow, Alaska (now known as Utqiaġvik) for the Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project. Alice Solomon was the Iñupiaq language translator during the interview. In this second part of a two part interview, Ben continues to talk about traditional hunting and fishing locations and place names along the rivers. He also talks about the coal mine at Tuqsruk and working as a reindeer herder. (IHLC Tape #00053)

Ben Nungasak spoke in Iñupiaq during the interview. The transcript contains the spoken Iñupiaq written out and its corresponding English translation, both provided by Kathy Itta (now Ahgeak).

 Alice Solomon

As Translator

Interview Title Archive #: Oral History Project Abstract Translator
Ben Nungasak, Interview 1, Part 1 87-101-16 Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project

Ben Nungasak (Nuŋŋasauraq) was interviewed on March 15, 1982 by Bill Schneider and Wendy Arundale at his home in Barrow, Alaska (now known as Utqiaġvik) for the Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project. Alice Solomon was the Iñupiaq language translator during the interview. In this first part of a two part interview, Ben talks about growing up living a traditional subsistence lifestyle based upon hunting, trapping, fishing, and seasonal movements, his work history, and camps he remembers on the Meade River. He also talks about place names and describes their locations while looking at a map. (IHLC Tape #00052)

Ben Nungasak spoke in Iñupiaq during the interview. The transcript contains the spoken Iñupiaq written out and its corresponding English translation, both provided by Kathy Itta (now Ahgeak).

 Katherine Itta Ahgeak, Alice Solomon
Ben Nungasak, Interview 1, Part 2 87-101-17 Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project

This is the continuation of an interview with Ben Nungasak (Nuŋŋasauraq) on March 15, 1982 with Bill Schneider and Wendy Arundale at his home in Barrow, Alaska (now known as Utqiaġvik) for the Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project. Alice Solomon was the Iñupiaq language translator during the interview. In this second part of a two part interview, Ben continues to talk about traditional hunting and fishing locations and place names along the rivers. He also talks about the coal mine at Tuqsruk and working as a reindeer herder. (IHLC Tape #00053)

Ben Nungasak spoke in Iñupiaq during the interview. The transcript contains the spoken Iñupiaq written out and its corresponding English translation, both provided by Kathy Itta (now Ahgeak).

 Alice Solomon, Katherine Itta Ahgeak