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Bert Adams, Sr.

Bert Adams, Sr.

Bert Adams, Sr. (Kadashan) is a Tlingit elder of the Boulder House in the L’ukna x .ádi (Coho Salmon) clan from Yakutat, Alaska with family ties to the old villages at Dry Bay. He grew up living a traditional subsistence lifestyle of fishing, trapping and traveling with his father, Peter Harry, in the Dry Bay, Alsek and Akwe Rivers area. Bert has been president of the Yakutat Tlingit Tribe and has been involved in cultural documentation projects, most actively in directing Dry Bay research and efforts to locate the ancient village of Gus'eix. He also writes Tlingit stories using the pen names of Kadashan and Naats'keek (his Tlingit names), and has authored four books and numerous articles on Yakutat Tlingit life and culture. He is currently writing a book about growing up in the Dry Bay area.
Bert Adams, Sr. appears in the following new Jukebox projects:
Interview Title Abstract Archive #: Oral History Project Date of Interview
L'uknax.a'di Gathering, Part 1

This gathering of the L'uknax.a'di Clan was organized and presented by Lorraine Adams on September 18, 1999 at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall in Yakutat, Alaska. It was the first comprehensive gathering of the Gunaxoo Kwaan in recent memory, and served to update people on the Dry Bay Project Jukebox, and educate them about clan history and genealogy. In this first part of the two part recording of the gathering, participants speak about the search for and identification of old village sites, the designation and management of historic sites, and the genealogy of Dry Bay Chief George, the last chief of Gus'eix.

 2001-10-09_PT.1 Dry Bay Sep 18, 1999
Lorraine and Bert Adams, Sr.

Lorraine and Bert Adams, Sr. were interviewed on November 17, 1998 by Wayne Howell at the National Park Service Visitor Center in Yakutat, Alaska. In this interview, Bert talks about fishing and traveling during his childhood with his father. He also provides a descriptive account of the search and discovery of the village of Gus'eix. Lorraine recalls her own childhood and the history and stories that were passed down to her from her relatives. Bert, who writes under the pen names of Kadashan and Naats'keek (his Tlingit names), provided this project with five samples of his work that can be found in the Stories section.

 2001-10-06 Dry Bay Nov 17, 1998