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Diane Langfitt is interviewed by Dawnn Catt on April 10th, 1995 in Kodiak, Alaska [sound recording].
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Diane Langfitt is interviewed by Dawnn Catt on April 10th, 1995 in Kodiak, Alaska [sound recording].
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[sound recording].
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2 sound cassettes (ca. 60 min.) : analog.
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Typed transcript available in Oral History office.

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Event Note:
Recorded April 10th, 1995 in Kodiak, Alaska.
Abstract:
Diane Langfitt is interviewed by Dawnn Catt on April 10th, 1995 in Kodiak, Alaska. Langfitt talks remembers her teaching experience in Noorvik, Alaska. She and her husband were hired in 1981 as a couple to teach at the village of Noorvik. She talks about their training, arrival, concerns about health care for their children, transportation, the Inupiat people, transformation of the village culture and traditional roles, organization of the school, recreation, native teachers, introducing Inupiaq language into the curriculum, games, western views and acceptance of Inupiat beliefs, ordering groceries, Inupiat body language, village English, Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, school supplies, funding, basketball, school activities, alcoholism, sharing her Arctic experiences with her Kodiak schoolchildren, dry cabin living, housing for natives, cold spells, weekly knitting and craft get-togethers, and making mukluks.
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