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Bessie Henry is interviewed by Wendy Arundale, A.J. Lynch, and Alfred Starr with Catherine Attla translating on November 10-11, 1982 in Huslia, Alaska [sound recording].
Title:
Bessie Henry is interviewed by Wendy Arundale, A.J. Lynch, and Alfred Starr with Catherine Attla translating on November 10-11, 1982 in Huslia, Alaska [sound recording].
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[sound recording].
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Physical Description:
1 sound cassette (about 90 min.) : analog.
Event Note:
Recorded in Huslia, Alaska on November 10-11, 1982.
Abstract:
H87-78-13 Bessie Henry talks about Cutoff, Sam Dubin, Fred Bifelt, fishing on the Hogatza River, trapping mink, Edwin Simon, Little Sammy, Jimmy Huntington, Allakaket, Larson Charles, Hog River Johnny, Nancy John, Johnny Summers, her foster parents, Jimmy Koyukuk, families together at fishing and hunting camps, a time of starvation, Arctic City, when her father died and being an orphan.
H87-78-14 Bessie Henry talks about the marriage of her grandmother, Chief Moses, Happy Isaac, Cecilia Isaac, Chief Moses and his trip to Kotzebue, his first experience with alcohol and the potlatch for his foster father, Chief Henry, and the location of igloos at Lake Todatonten.
H87-78-15 Bessie Henry talks about Oldman River, treatment by her foster parents, attending school for just a short while in Bettles, Bessie Charley, school at Allakaket, different seasonal activities and locations, trapping below Hughes, spending summer around Allakaket, fishing around Arctic City, moving to fall camp in September, Old Thomas, starvation times, when white people came into the area, names for historic village sites on the Koyukuk River, Chief Moses and his wives, and Henry Moses.
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Language:
Koyukon language with translation into English.