John Wassillie

John Wassillie was interviewed on September 5, 1988 by Robert Drozda and Vernon Chimegalrea. Vernon was the Yup'ik language interpreter during the interview. The Yupik transcription and English translation were done by Lucy Coolidge Daniels of the Alaska Native Language Center, with computer entry by Abraham Friendly and Irene Reed, and proofreading and some editing by Irene Reed. Parts of the original audio that were not consecutive have been combined together to make the following sections. In these excerpts of the interview, John speaks in Yup'ik about living at Pugcenar for spring and fall camp with his mother and her husband, Mike Cyril, and using a fish weir to block the river and harvest fish. He also talks about changes to the Elaayiq River, and other traditional spring and fall camps in the area.