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Karen McPherson

Karen McPherson was an interviewer who performed interviews along the Iditarod Trail in 1982 for the Chinook Radio Program on KUAC-FM radio.

Karen McPherson appears in the following new Jukebox projects:

Interview Title	Archive #: Oral History	Project	Abstract
Herbert Nayokpuk	85-216	Dog Mushing in Alaska	Herbert (Herbie) Nayokpuk was interviewed along the Iditarod Trail in 1982 by Karen Michelle McPherson for the Chinook Radio Program on KUAC-FM radio. In this interview, Herbie talks about running the 1982 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, including trail conditions, feeding dogs, use of dog booties, camaraderie and competition between mushers, and dealing with high winds and bad weather.
Altona Brown	91-12-73	Raven's Story	Altona Brown was interviewed on August 10, 1972 by Karen McPherson in Ruby, Alaska. In this interview, Altona talks about her life, living off the land, being a trapper, healing from polio, traditional medicine, and doing sewing and beadwork. She also tells a traditional Athabascan story about a time of famine and a medicine man sacrificing himself. (Photograph of Altona Brown courtesy of Claude Keogh.)