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Suzanne Worker

Suzanne Worker worked with the Reindeer Research Program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in Fairbanks, Alaska in the early 2000s. In this role, she participated in the 2002 oral history interview with Merlin Henry in Nome, Alaska for the Reindeer Herding: The Present & The Past Project Jukebox.

Suzanne Worker appears in the following new Jukebox projects:

Reindeer Herding: The Present and the Past

As a Person Present at Interview

Interview Title	Archive #: Oral History	Project	Abstract	People Present
Merlin Henry	2000-102-14	Reindeer Herding: The Present and the Past	Merlin Henry was interviewed on March 18, 2002 by Bill Schneider, Knut Kielland, Greg Finstad, and Rose Fosdick at the Reindeer Herder's House in Nome, Alaska. Suzanne Worker, an employee of the Reindeer Research Program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks was also present during the interview. In this interview, Merlin talks about his grandfather and father being reindeer herders, the importance of herding as a family activity, the effect of caribou on reindeer herds, changes in the reindeer industry, and what he sees for the future of reindeer herding on the Seward Peninsula. He also talks about not going to school and following his father to learn about herding and driving his own reindeer herds and living off the land.	Suzanne Worker