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William Lomack

William Lomack was Yup'ik who was born in 1915 and lived in Akiachak, Alaska. In the lates 1980s, William was interviewed about historic sites and traditional places in the Akiachak area for the Bureau of Indian Affairs Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) Section 14(h)(1): Historical Places and Cemetery Sites Project. He also served on the City Council and the IRA Village Council for the community of Akiachak. William Lomack passed away in 1993.
Date of Birth:
Jun 6, 1915
Date of Death:
Dec 15, 1993
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Interview Title Abstract Archive #: Oral History Project Date of Interview
William Lomack

William Lomack was interviewed on July 28, 1988 by Robert Drozda and Vernon Chimegalrea in Akiachak, Alaska. Vernon was the Yup'ik language interpreter during the interview. The written Yup'ik transcription and English translation was done by Alice Atti Bachman of the Alaska Native Language Center, with proofreading and some editing by Irene Reed. In this excerpt of the interview, William speaks in Yup'ik about Pugcenar as a seasonal subsistence camp used for fall hunting and spring muskrat hunting, and about the houses there. He also talks about the site of Cungartuli and the trail to the Yukon River.

 BIA ANCSA 88CAL108 Pugcenar Jul 28, 1988