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Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 19, Part 1
Walter Akpik, Sr. (Utik) was interviewed on June 30, 1983 by Bill Schneider and Wendy Arundale at his home in Atqasuk, Alaska for the Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project. Joe Akpik was the Iñupiaq language translator during the interview. In this first part of a two part interview, Walter talks about the boat trip the group just completed where they visited historic sites on the Meade River, talks more about the sites, and sings a traditional song about the Meade River. He also talks about moving a house to Tikiġluk, trapping, fishing, and caribou hunting. (IHLC Tape #00093)
See also:
Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 1, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 2, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 3, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 4, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 5, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 6, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 7, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 8, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 9, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 10, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 11, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 12, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 13, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 14, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 15, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 16, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 17, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 18, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 19, Part 2
Digital Asset Information
Archive #: Oral History 87-103-18
Project: Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project
Date of Interview: Jun 30, 1983
Narrator(s): Walter Akpik, Sr.
Interviewer(s): Bill Schneider, Wendy Arundale
Translator:
People Present: Joe Akpik
Location of Interview:
Funding Partners:
North Slope Borough, Iñupiat History, Language and Culture Commission
Parts:
Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 1, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 2, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 3, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 4, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 5, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 6, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 7, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 8, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 9, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 10, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 11, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 12, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 13, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 14, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 15, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 16, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 17, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 18, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 19, Part 2
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Themes
Alaska Natives, Archeology, Camp, Caribou, Coal, Fishing, Food Storage, Fox, Geology, Gun, Historic Sites, Hunting, Inupiat, Land Use, Life on the River, Mapping, National Park Service, Native Language, Native Song, People, Place Names, River, River Place Names, Sod Dwelling, Subsistence, Traditional Skills, Trapping, Travel, Water Depth
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Sections
1) Walter sings a song about the Meade River.
2) The trip's progression down the Meade River starting at Itqiuraq.
3) Walter sings a song, and moving the house to Tikiġluk.
4) Joe Akpik summarizes what Walter talked about in the previous sections, and adds some of his own details.
5) The Qiŋaġnaak, Atqasuk, and Aki areas.
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Transcript
Section 1: Tunik, Clayborne\ travel - Qagluuraq to Atqasuk|
Section 2: sites - identification\ Qagluuraq\ Itqiuraq\ Pisiksaġiaġvik\ trapping - Itqiuraq\ resources - coal\ Aŋutiġruaq\ campsite\ Imñaiġauġruk\ Qaġlu\ hunting - caribou\ hunting - guns\ Ipiqqiġruaq\ trapping - foxes\ Nuisuġnaak\ song - Nuisuġnaak\ Qagluuraq\ Griest, Levi\ fishing - grayling\ water - depth\ Qaġlu\ fishing - winter\ fishing - ling cod\ Patiktitaq\ Patiktitaq - characteristic\ Igalaaq\ creek - Namniq\ fishing - Atqasuk|
Section 3: Tikiġluk\ coal\ song - Tikiġluk\ Samarualuk\ hunting - on foot\ hunting - caribou|
Section 4: Meade River - song\ Tikiġluk\ Atqasuk - original site\ residence - Namniq\ fishing|
Section 5: Qiŋaġnaak\ Uyaġaak\ Panikpatchiaq\ dwellings - old\ Hamilton\ archaeologists\ geologists\ Link, Dana\ National Park Service - mapping\ Atqasuk area\ Utqiaġvik\ hunting\ houses - sod\ houses - ancient\ food - storage\ caribou - trap\ caribou - fall|