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Lydia Fly
Lydia Fly is Yup'ik from Tuluksak, Alaska. Lydia was born in 1933 to Martha and Peter Lott in a village that no longer exists that was across the river from Uuravik. She grew up near Uuravik and lived a traditional subsistence lifestyle based upon hunting, trapping, fishing and berrypicking and moving between seasonal camps. At age fifteen, she married Frank Fly and together they raised a large family, continuing to rely upon subsistence resources and traveling the land and rivers. For a while, she and Frank lived in a mud house near Macivik. Since her husband's death in 2003, Lydia lived by herself and kept busy by fishing and making set nets. She continued to rely upon Native foods, with her favorite being pike, whitefish, fermented fish, and dried fish eggs.
| Interview Title | Abstract | Archive #: Oral History | Project | Date of Interview |
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| Lydia Fly |
Lydia Fly was interviewed on April 13, 2005 by William Schneider, Louann Rank and Marla Statscewich at the school in Tuluksak, Alaska. Lydia speaks in both English and Yup'ik. There was no Yup'ik translator available during the interview, but Lydia was encouraged to tell her story in Yup'ik anyway. Lydia's laughter was infectious, so there was lots of giggling in this interview. Sophie Kasayulie helped translate a few sections of this interview the following day. In this interview, Lydia talks about growing up near Uuravik, how the family traveled to seasonal camps for hunting, fishing and trapping, living near Macavik with her husband in a mud house, running the trapline with him, and types of Native foods she likes. |
2004-07-27 | Tuluksak | Apr 13, 2005 |
| Tuluksak Elders |
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2004-07-31, Part 1 and 2 | Tuluksak | Apr 13, 2005 |
Tuluksak elders, John Peter, Herman Hawk, Nick Alexie Sr., Carrie Alexie, Joe Demantle Sr. and Lydia Fly meet with Bill Schneider and Louann Rank on April 13, 2005 in Tuluksak, Alaska. Sophie Kasayulie and Frank Chingliak translated the discussion. Marla Statscewich and Richard Phillip were also present during the meeting. The elders speak in Yup'ik about the location of traditionally used places and the meanings behind their names. In the course of this discussion, they share traditional stories and talk about the earlier days of traditional subsistence life based upon seasonal movement to different camps in order to make the most use of available fish and wildlife resources. You can listen to the spoken Yup'ik discussion and read a translated English summary of the discussion below. The recording of the English translation by Sophie Kasayulie and Frank Chingliak made after the meeting on April 15, 2005 in Akiachak, Alaska is available from the UAF Oral History program (ORAL HISTORY 2004-07-33, PT. 1-5).