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Delores Burnell

Delores Brower Burnell is an Iñupiaq born to Emily and Arnold Brower, Sr. in Barrow, Alaska (now known as Utqiaġvik). As one of seventeen children, she grew up living a land-based subsistence lifestyle as her parents traveled the countryside living in reindeer herding camps and at traditional hunting and fishing locations. Early on, she learned the importance of hard work and cooperation to process the animals her father harvested to feed the family. Delores has held a variety of jobs in the community, including as a translator for the North Slope Borough, Iñupiat History, Language and Culture Commission (IHLC), where in the 1980s she assisted with interviews conducted as part of the Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project.

Delores Burnell appears in the following new Jukebox projects:

Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project

As a Person Present at Interview

Interview Title	Archive #: Oral History	Project	Abstract	People Present
Ernest Kignak, Interview 1	87-101-13	Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project	Ernest Kignak (Qigñaq) was interviewed on March 10, 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. Delores Burnell was the Iñupiaq language translator during the interview. In this interview, Ernest talks about his experiences hunting, fishing, trapping and reindeer herding in the Chipp-Ikpikpak area. He discusses fish and caribou populations, travel routes, trade practices, historic sites, and place names. He also talks about activities along the Colville and Meade Rivers, and changes in the rivers, land, and animals. (IHLC Tape #00049) Ernest Kignak 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).	Delores Burnell

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People Present

Ernest Kignak, Interview 1

87-101-13

Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project

Ernest Kignak (Qigñaq) was interviewed on March 10, 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. Delores Burnell was the Iñupiaq language translator during the interview. In this interview, Ernest talks about his experiences hunting, fishing, trapping and reindeer herding in the Chipp-Ikpikpak area. He discusses fish and caribou populations, travel routes, trade practices, historic sites, and place names. He also talks about activities along the Colville and Meade Rivers, and changes in the rivers, land, and animals. (IHLC Tape #00049)

Ernest Kignak 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).