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Trudy Wolfe

Trudy Wolfe is Tlingit and was born on August 7, 1933 to Mary and Frank Paul, Sr. in Sitka, Alaska. She is a L'uknax sháa (Coho Woman) from Kayáashka Hít in Sitka. In 1957, she married Bill Wolfe and they moved to Hoonah, Alaska in 1960. In 1965, Hoonah's village health council chose her as a community health aide. An extra bedroom in her home became the clinic and her husband and children helped. In recognition of Trudy's contributions to the community, in 1988 the health clinic in Hoonah was named the "Trudy Wolfe Community Health Clinic." She also was a President of the Alaska Native Sisterhood, Camp 12 of Hoonah for many years and was considered a hard and dedicated worker. Trudy retired around 1990, and moved to Sitka and then to Juneau.

Date of Birth:

Aug 7, 1933

Trudy Wolfe appears in the following new Jukebox projects:

Community Health Aide Program

Interview Title	Abstract	Archive #: Oral History	Project	Date of Interview
Trudy Wolfe	Trudy Wolfe was interviewed on May 30, 2006 by Karen Brewster in Trudy's room at Wildflower Court Nursing Home in Juneau, Alaska where she was currently living. Prior to the interview, Trudy injured her ribs and you can hear the discomfort in her voice. The interview was interrupted by a phone call from her daughter, Marilyn, who accompanied her mother on health aide calls. She provided helpful background information. In this interview, Trudy talks about becoming a health aide, training she received, running the clinic at home, support she got from her family, her role in the Southeast Alaska Health Aide Association, and health aides as ambassadors of Native culture.	2004-17-32	Community Health Aide Program	May 30, 2006