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Maye Panigeo

Maye Ahmaogak Panigeo was Iñupiaq and born in 1925 to Isabel and Roy Ahmoagak in Barrow, Alaska (now known as Utqiaġvik). She married Henry Panigeo around 1945 and they had six children. In the 1980's,  Maye was an Iñupiaq language translator for the Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project. She is also known for her sewing talents, making beautiful parkas, fur hats, boots, and slippers. Her daughter, Eileen Panigeo MacLean served as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 1989 to 1996.
Maye Panigeo appears in the following new Jukebox projects:

As a Person Present at Interview

Interview Title Archive #: Oral History Project Abstract People Present
Nina Nayukok and Mattie Tunik, Part 1 87-102-13 Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project

Nina Nayukok (Aŋŋiaġruk) and her daughter, Mattie Tunik (Qavviayaaq), were interviewed on January 23, 1983 by Bill Schneider and Wendy Arundale at Nina's home in Ataqasuk, Alaska to review what Nina said in a previous interview on March 13, 1982 and how it was written up in the Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project final report. Maye Panigeo was the Iñupiaq language translator during the interview. In this first part of a two part interview, Nina and Mattie review the biographical section in the report, and talk about traveling, hunting, fishing and trapping in the Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers and Teshekpuk Lake area. They both share their memories of the area. Nina also talks about her and her husband's family background, going to the trade fair at Niġliq, and ice fishing in the Ikpikpak area. (IHLC Tape #00060)

 Maye Panigeo
Nina Nayukok and Mattie Tunik, Part 2 87-102-14 Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project

Nina Nayukok (Aŋŋiaġruk) and her daughter, Mattie Tunik (Qavviayaaq), were interviewed on January 23, 1983 by Bill Schneider and Wendy Arundale at Nina's home in Ataqasuk, Alaska to review what Nina said in a previous interview on March 13, 1982 and how it was written up in the Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project final report. Maye Panigeo was the Iñupiaq language translator during the interview. In this second part of a two part interview, Nina and Mattie talk about living in the Chipp-Ikpikpak area, fishing, trapping, getting drinking water from under the ice, collecting wood and oil-soaked sod for fuel, and reindeer herding. (IHLC Tape #00061)

 Maye Panigeo

As Translator

Interview Title Archive #: Oral History Project Abstract Translator
Nina Nayukok and Mattie Tunik, Part 1 87-102-13 Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project

Nina Nayukok (Aŋŋiaġruk) and her daughter, Mattie Tunik (Qavviayaaq), were interviewed on January 23, 1983 by Bill Schneider and Wendy Arundale at Nina's home in Ataqasuk, Alaska to review what Nina said in a previous interview on March 13, 1982 and how it was written up in the Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project final report. Maye Panigeo was the Iñupiaq language translator during the interview. In this first part of a two part interview, Nina and Mattie review the biographical section in the report, and talk about traveling, hunting, fishing and trapping in the Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers and Teshekpuk Lake area. They both share their memories of the area. Nina also talks about her and her husband's family background, going to the trade fair at Niġliq, and ice fishing in the Ikpikpak area. (IHLC Tape #00060)

 Maye Panigeo
Nina Nayukok and Mattie Tunik, Part 2 87-102-14 Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project

Nina Nayukok (Aŋŋiaġruk) and her daughter, Mattie Tunik (Qavviayaaq), were interviewed on January 23, 1983 by Bill Schneider and Wendy Arundale at Nina's home in Ataqasuk, Alaska to review what Nina said in a previous interview on March 13, 1982 and how it was written up in the Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project final report. Maye Panigeo was the Iñupiaq language translator during the interview. In this second part of a two part interview, Nina and Mattie talk about living in the Chipp-Ikpikpak area, fishing, trapping, getting drinking water from under the ice, collecting wood and oil-soaked sod for fuel, and reindeer herding. (IHLC Tape #00061)

 Maye Panigeo