Roger Atoruk |
2002-09-07 |
Kiana Village History Project |
Roger Atoruk was interviewed on February 27, 2002 by Bill Schneider, Hazel Apok, and Eileen Devinney in Kiana, Alaska. In this interview, Roger talks about his family background and growing up in Kiana, and about when there was a lot of gold mining at Klery Creek Mine. He also identifies and talks about photographs in his personal collection, and discusses the history of the village of Kiana and environmental change he has observed.
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Walter Cook, Sr. |
2002-09-05 |
Kiana Village History Project |
Walter Cook Sr. was interviewed on February 27, 2002 by Bill Schneider, Hazel Apok, and Eileen Devinney in Kiana, Alaska. In this interview, Walter talks about growing up in the village, his father working in the mining industry and growing a garden, and how things have changed during his lifetime. He also discusses historic photographs and talks about trapping mudsharks.
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Henry Jackson, Sr. |
2002-09-01 |
Kiana Village History Project |
Henry Jackson Sr. was interviewed on February 27, 2002 by Bill Schneider, Hazel Apok, and Eileen Devinney in Kiana, Alaska. In this interview, Henry talks about growing up around Kiana and traveling by dog team, caring for and feeding a dog team, and the region's dog team mail carriers. He also provides some history of the Squirrel River area and of Kiana, and shares his observations about changes he has seen in the environment and with animals. Henry also discusses living a traditional subsistence lifestyle, as well as working for a living, including in mining, longshoring, and as a heavy equipment operator.
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Leo Jackson |
2002-09-09 |
Kiana Village History Project |
Leo Jackson was interviewed on February 28, 2002 by Bill Schneider, Hazel Apok, and Eileen Devinney in Kiana, Alaska. In this interview, Leo talks about his family background, his childhood in the old village of Kiana, and using dog teams for transportation. He also discusses working in the mining industry, changes he has seen in the environment and the community, and what he thinks the younger generation should know about Kiana, living a traditional subsistence lifestyle, and abiding by Iñupiaq values.
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Ruth Sandvik |
2002-09-11 |
Kiana Village History Project |
Ruth Blankenship-Sandvik was interviewed on February 28, 2002 by Bill Schneider and Eileen Devinney in Kiana, Alaska. In this interview, Ruth talks about the history of Kiana, her family running the village's store, the use of dog teams, and the yearly subsistence cycle. She also discusses the Friends Church and the development of the nearby village of Noorvik, and things she thinks are important for young people to know. She also identifies people in historic photographs.
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Tommie Sheldon Jr. |
2002-09-03 |
Kiana Village History Project |
Tommie Sheldon Jr. was interviewed on February 27, 2002 by Bill Schneider and Eileen Devinney in Kiana, Alaska. In this interview, Tommie talks about the history of the community of Kiana, discusses a map he has drawn of the old village that indicates who lived in each of the cabins, and reviews photographs from his personal collection. He also talks about the traditional lifestyle in the village, use of dogteams, and environmental change he has observed in his lifetime.
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Percy Jackson |
2002-09-14 |
Kiana Village History Project |
Percy Jackson was interviewed on January 28, 2003 by Bill Schneider and Eileen Devinney in Kiana, Alaska. Lorry Schuerch, Jr. joins in on part of the interview. In this interview, Percy talks about reindeeer herding, hunting, trapping and living a traditional subsistence lifestyle, learning from elders, and his work history. He also discusses a particular incident when he shot a wolf and advice he got from the elders, changes he has observed in the environment, and things he thinks are important for young people of Kiana to know.
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