Grace Bailey, Walter Downey, Abraham Howarth, Charlie Jensen, Lucy Jensen, Della Keats, Thomas Mitchell, Chester Seveck, Helen Seveck, and Clinton Swan speak at the Northwest Iñupiaq Elders Conference in Alaska on January 25, 1980.
Title:
Grace Bailey, Walter Downey, Abraham Howarth, Charlie Jensen, Lucy Jensen, Della Keats, Thomas Mitchell, Chester Seveck, Helen Seveck, and Clinton Swan speak at the Northwest Iñupiaq Elders Conference in Alaska on January 25, 1980.
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Physical Description:
2 online resources : WAV, mono
General Note:
For educational and non-profit uses only. For access to the recordings or transcripts please contact the Aqqaluk Trust.
Recorded on cassette tapes in Native Iñupiaq from 1974-81, these primary source sound recordings document Iñupiaq Elders conducting what they termed the "Spirit Program." The Spirit Program were public meetings to document reminiscences of family life in small towns above the Arctic Circle, describe essential indigenous survival skills such as hunting techniques, narratives of clothing production and food preparation traditions and record long-established, orally transmitted moral maxims and principles of ethical behavior.
Aqqaluk Trust number: 0354. Earlier Aqqaluk Trust numbers: 80-56.
Transcriber, Ruth Ramoth-Sampson.
Event Note:
Recorded in Alaska on January 25, 1980.
Location of Originals:
Original tape recordings Aqqaluk Trust; P.O. Box 509, Kotzebue, AK 99752; USA 907-442-1607.
Restrictions on Access:
Access restricted inquire at Aqqaluk Trust.
Language:
Narration is in Inupiaq.