Dr. George Brown was interviewed on September 30, 2004 at his home in Portland, Oregon. In this interview, George discusses and describes a selection of photographs from his personal collection as a way to talk about his experience as a Public Health Service doctor in Tanana, Alaska in the early 1970s. He talks about the role of the physician as the health aides' primary contact, the early communication system, doctor travel to the villages, and his assessment of the health aide program. His wife, Marcia, periodically interjects her own memories to add to his stories. See George Brown's Slideshow to see the photos and listen to George and Marcia Brown talk about them. Sections 1 and 27-28 in the interview below play audio from the interview, while Sections 2-26 link to the narrated images in the slideshow.
Digital Asset Information
Project: Community Health Aide Program
Date of Interview: Sep 30, 2004
Narrator(s): Dr. George Brown
Interviewer(s): Bill Schneider, Karen Brewster
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Sections
1) Introduction
2) George Weiner with his family by their house in Beaver
3) Allakaket in the winter
4) Sod house at Anaktuvuk Pass
5) Dr. Duncan in the Tanana Hospital
6) Tanana Hospital
7) Anaktuvuk Pass dance group
8) The flood at Galena
9) Bob Ahgook of Anaktuvuk Pass, wearing a wolf skin parka
10) Children of Kaltag
11) Satellite dish at Stevens Village
12) Close-up of satellite dish at Stevens Village
13) Pinkie Folger, cutting salmon into strips for drying
14) Marcia Brown at their house in Tanana
15) Bertha Moses, health aide in Allakaket
16) A young girl after a treatment
17) Bertha Moses ice fishing on the Koyukuk River
18) A fishtrap on the frozen river near Allakaket
19) Kids playing volleyball in Allakaket
20) Champion dog musher, George Attla and his dog team
21) Making a caribou skin mask
22) A mid-winter landing of a Platus Porter airplane at Allakaket
23) Northern lights in Anaktuvuk Pass
24) Dr. Mike Carroll
25) Rose Ambrose at the satellite dish in Huslia
26) Allakaket health aide, Bertha Moses
27) Health aide training, equipment, Dr. Walt Johnson and Emery Johnson (Head of the Public Health Service)
28) Living in Tanana, communication, and assessment of the health aide system
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