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Lillian Lliabon

Lillian Lliabon

Lillian Lliabon is Yup'ik and was born and raised in Akiak, Alaska. She grew up following a traditional subsistence lifestyle and listening to her grandparents, Helena and Waska Williams, and her mother, Maggie Japhet, tell traditional and historical stories in Yup'ik, including about how Akiak was started and the special Akiak parka design.
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Interview Title Abstract Archive #: Oral History Project Date of Interview
Lillian Lliabon

Lillian Lliabon was interviewed on November 18, 2004 by William Schneider, Shawna Williams, Louann Rank, and Karen Brewster at the Akiak School Library in Akiak, Alaska. Lillian grew up hearing the story of how Akiak was started from her mother, Maggie Japhet, so she tells this story in English, as well as telling a story about how the specific style of trim on Akiak parkas came to be.

 2004-07-21 Akiak Nov 18, 2004