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Eliza Jones, Part 2
Eliza Jones

This is the continuation of an interview with Eliza Jones on December 10, 2002 by Mike Spindler and Clinton Brown in Koyukuk, Alaska for the Raven's Story radio series on KIYU-AM public radio station in Galena, Alaska. In this second part of a two part interview, Eliza talks about life at fish camp, traditional foods and food preparation, surviving in a cold climate, and traditional beliefs about bears and wolves.

The interview was edited and produced by Clinton Brown.

See also:
Eliza Jones, Part 1

Digital Asset Information

Archive #: Oral History 2004-01-03_PT.2

Project: Raven's Story
Date of Interview: Dec 10, 2002
Narrator(s): Eliza Jones
Interviewer(s): Mike Spindler, Clinton Brown
Location of Interview:
Koyukuk, Alaska
Funding Partners:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Parts:
Eliza Jones, Part 1
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Themes

Alaska Natives, Alaskan Berries, Bears, Beavers, Berry Picking, Caribou, Climate, Clothing, Cold Weather, Cooking, Fish, Fish Camp, Fishing, Muskrat Hunting, Pike, Storytelling, Subsistence, Traditional Beliefs, Traditional Food, Trapping, Wolves
Cutoff Alaska, Galena Alaska, Koyukuk Alaska, Koyukuk River

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Sections

1) Fish Camp (4:20)

2) Cooking Pike (3:29)

3) Cooking Muskrat (3:38)

4) Cold weather Gear (3:01)

5) Climate (4:31)

6) Caribou Uses (4:02)

7) Berries (5:15)

8) Beaver (4:15)

9) Bear Beliefs (4:39)

10) Wolf Beliefs (3:32)

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