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Millie Buck

Millie Buck is from Chitina, Alaska and is an active member of the Chitina Native Corporation. Her mother, Margaret Eskilida, also lives in Chitina. Millie was raised in the Chitina area and grew up practicing subsistence activities with her family when she was a young girl. Millie is well known as a pioneer in the bilingual and multi-cultural areas of education and contributed a great deal to the research, teaching, and publishing of Native language materials. In 1977, she was named Alaska Native Woman of the Year by the Alaska Federation of Natives. Mille Buck died in 2011.

Date of Birth:

Jul 13, 1929

Date of Death:

Aug 30, 2011

Millie Buck appears in the following new Jukebox projects:

Wrangell-St.Elias National Park

Millie Buck's Slideshow

Interview Title	Abstract	Archive #: Oral History	Project	Date of Interview
Millie Buck	Millie Buck was interviewed on April 10, 1998 by William Schneider at her home in Glennallen, Alaska. At the time of the interview, her family was preparing food to take to Chitina to celebrate her mother's birthday. Her mother, Margaret Eskilida, lived in Chitina. Millie was raised in the Chitina area and in this recording recalls growing up in the area, the town of Chitina, and the subsistence activities which her family participated in when she was a young girl. She discusses the impact of her grandfather on her interest in preserving the Ahtna language, the assistance she got from Michael Krauss, Jim Kari, and Jeff Leer of the Alaska Native Language Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She discusses the value of languages and the ability to express certain concepts in one language that don't easily translate into another language.	98-16	Wrangell-St.Elias National Park	Apr 10, 1998

As Interviewer

Interview Title	Archive #: Oral History	Project	Abstract
Margaret Eskilida	99-24	Wrangell-St.Elias National Park	Margaret Eskilida was interviewed by Bill Schneider, Ruth Ann Warden, and Margaret's daughter, Millie Buck, on June 8, 1999 at Millie's and her husband, Billy's, house in Glennallen, Alaska. Margaret was not feeling well, so the interview was short with lots of references to how difficult it is to know what to say in such a general interview. Millie provided some help in placing her mother's life in perspective and it is clear that Margaret is talking to Ruth Ann who is a young woman. This interview was done months after Bill had interviewed Millie.