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Lena Farkas

As a child, Tlingit was the first language in Farkas' home, and Lena is an excellent Tlingit speaker and translator. Lena Farkas has taught Tlingit language in the Yakutat City Schools and continues to volunteer her time to help the Yakutat Tlingit Tribe with their Songs and Dance, Cultural Camp and Tlingit Language Club for children. She continues to practice her subsistence lifestyle and shares her knowledge about Native medicines and Yakutat Clan history and protocol. She is a lifetime member of the Alaska Native Sisterhood.

Lena Farkas appears in the following new Jukebox projects:

Wrangell-St.Elias National Park

Lena Farkas' Slideshow

Interview Title	Abstract	Archive #: Oral History	Project	Date of Interview
Lena Farkas and Nellie Lord	Lena Farkas and Nellie Lord were interviewed by Bill Schneider on July 11, 1995 at the National Park Service office in Yakutat, Alaska. This is the second interview conducted by William Schneider with Nellie Lord. She set up the interviews and in this one was joined by her sister, Lena Farkas. Lena tells the migration story of the people who came from Copper Center and both women demonstrate how this is depicted on beaded blankets and jackets.	95-71-32	Wrangell-St.Elias National Park	Jul 11, 1995