Justus and Ethel Mekiana are interviewed in Fairbanks, Alaska on April 9, 1992 with James Nageak translating [sound recording].
by
Mekiana, Justus.
Title
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Justus and Ethel Mekiana are interviewed in Fairbanks, Alaska on April 9, 1992 with James Nageak translating [sound recording].
[sound recording].
Personal Author
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Mekiana, Justus.
Physical Description
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1 sound cassette (60 min.) : analog.
Series
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Alaska Native Elders in Residence Program
Event Note
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Recorded in Fairbanks, Alaska on April 9, 1992.
Abstract
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Justus and Ethel Mekiana describe photographs and talk about using dog teams for packing when they hunted, trees, using a generator in the church, using dogs to carry camping equipment, moving around in the summer in small groups, the types of equipment they used while camping, packing meat, whitefish, making seal-skin boots, the itchalik - tents made out of caribou skins and willows, forming poles for the tent, construction of the tent, using a telescope for hunting, Charles Brower, trading posts, Barrow, Beechey Point, the types of rifles he used for hunting, the sod houses they used in the winter, radios, using willows for heat, leggings made from wolf skin, hauling wood and having a store in Anaktuvuk Pass.
Personal Subject
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Mekiana, Ethel-Interviews.
Mekiana, Justus-Interviews.
Brower, Charles D., 1863-1945.
Subject Term
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Sled dogs -- Alaska -- Anaktuvuk Pass.
Pack animals (Transportation) -- Alaska.
Nunamiut Eskimos -- Social life and customs.
Nunamiut Eskimos -- Dwellings.
Nunamiut Eskimos -- Clothing.
Nunamiut Eskimos -- Hunting.
Nunamiut Eskimos -- Material culture.
Sod houses -- Alaska.
Geographic Term
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Anaktuvuk Pass (Alaska) -- History.
Anaktuvuk Pass (Alaska) -- Social life and customs.
Barrow (Alaska)
Beechey Point (Alaska)
Added Author
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Mekiana, Ethel.
Nageak, James Mumiġana.
Language
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Recording is in English and Inupiaq.
Library | Call Number | Type | Status |
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UAF Rasmuson | ORAL HISTORY 90-06-313 | Audiocassette | Oral History - Level 2 |
UAF Rasmuson | ORAL HISTORY 90-06-313 SIDE A | CD | Oral History - Level 2 |
UAF Rasmuson | ORAL HISTORY 90-06-313 SIDE A | CD | Oral History - Level 2 |
UAF Rasmuson | ORAL HISTORY 90-06-313 SIDE B | CD | Oral History - Level 2 |
UAF Rasmuson | ORAL HISTORY 90-06-313 SIDE B | Audiocassette | Oral History - Level 2 |