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Elena Chingliak

Elena Chingliak is Yup'ik from Akiachak, Alaska. She is married to Frank Chingliak and has worked as a Yup'ik language translator for the Yupiit School District. In 2005 and 2006, she participated in some of the oral history interviews that staff members of the Yupiit School District's Yupiit Elitnaurutait program and the Oral History Program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks conducted with elders in Akiachak for the Akiachak Project Jukebox program.
Elena Chingliak appears in the following new Jukebox projects:

As Interviewer

Interview Title Archive #: Oral History Project Abstract
Nellie Ilegvak Moses, Interview 2 2004-07-45 Akiachak - Then and Now

Nellie Ilegvak (Fritz) Moses was interviewed on March 31, 2006 by Elena Chingliak, Sophie Kasayulie, Louann Rank, Frank Chingliak and Karen Brewster at Nellie's home in Akiachak, Alaska. In this interview, she speaks in Yup'ik and English about the traditional subsistence lifestyle of moving to seasonal camps for fishing and hunting, and the types of structures people lived in during different seasons. She talks about fish camp, fall camp and spring camp, types of animals hunted, the types of fish they caught, and how fish caught in Akiachak taste different than fish caught in tundra areas. The following are a few excerpts of a longer interview. View a map of family fish camp sites at Akiachak, circa 1939, as identified by Nellie Moses.

As a Person Present at Interview

Interview Title Archive #: Oral History Project Abstract People Present
Elsie Iqsak Wassilie, Interview 2 2004-07-47 Akiachak - Then and Now

Elsie Iqsak (Alexie) Wassilie was interviewed on on March 30, 2006 by Sophie Kasayulie, Louann Rank, Karen Brewster, Frank Chingliak, and Elena Chingliak at Elsie's home in Akiachak, Alaska. In this interview, Elsie speaks in Yup'ik and English about Akiachak in the 1930's, various people's sod houses, and Marie Forrest's trading post and bunkhouse while drawing a map of the layout of the old village. She also talks about changes in the river channel and the location of the old site of Qikertarmiut, moving to Akiachak, early days of mail delivery, traveling by dog team, and spring beaver hunting. View a map of the village of Akiachak, circa 1935, with buildings identified by Elsie Wassillie.

 Elena Chingliak

As Translator

Interview Title Archive #: Oral History Project Abstract Translator
Elsie Iqsak Wassilie, Interview 2 2004-07-47 Akiachak - Then and Now

Elsie Iqsak (Alexie) Wassilie was interviewed on on March 30, 2006 by Sophie Kasayulie, Louann Rank, Karen Brewster, Frank Chingliak, and Elena Chingliak at Elsie's home in Akiachak, Alaska. In this interview, Elsie speaks in Yup'ik and English about Akiachak in the 1930's, various people's sod houses, and Marie Forrest's trading post and bunkhouse while drawing a map of the layout of the old village. She also talks about changes in the river channel and the location of the old site of Qikertarmiut, moving to Akiachak, early days of mail delivery, traveling by dog team, and spring beaver hunting. View a map of the village of Akiachak, circa 1935, with buildings identified by Elsie Wassillie.

 Frank Chingliak, Sophie Kasayulie, Elena Chingliak
Nellie Ilegvak Moses, Interview 2 2004-07-45 Akiachak - Then and Now

Nellie Ilegvak (Fritz) Moses was interviewed on March 31, 2006 by Elena Chingliak, Sophie Kasayulie, Louann Rank, Frank Chingliak and Karen Brewster at Nellie's home in Akiachak, Alaska. In this interview, she speaks in Yup'ik and English about the traditional subsistence lifestyle of moving to seasonal camps for fishing and hunting, and the types of structures people lived in during different seasons. She talks about fish camp, fall camp and spring camp, types of animals hunted, the types of fish they caught, and how fish caught in Akiachak taste different than fish caught in tundra areas. The following are a few excerpts of a longer interview. View a map of family fish camp sites at Akiachak, circa 1939, as identified by Nellie Moses.

 Elena Chingliak, Frank Chingliak, Sophie Kasayulie