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Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 8
Walter Akpik, Sr. (Utik) was interviewed on May 21, 1983 by Bill Schneider, Wendy Arundale and Kathy Itta Demientieff (now Ahgeak) at the site of Qikiqtaqturuq on the Meade River near Atqasuk, Alaska for the Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project. Walter mostly spoke in Iñupiaq and Kathy was the Iñupiaq language translator during the interview. The group traveled by snowmachine to Qikiqtaqturuq so that Walter could be at the place while discussing its history and uses. In this interview, Walter talks about the history of Qikiqtaqturuq, people who lived in the area, and his trapping experience in the area. He also talks about how people utilized the Isuqtuq River area, and tells a traditional story and sings the squirrel song that he learned from his grandmother. (IHLC Tape #00082)
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 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 1, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 19, Part 2
Digital Asset Information
Archive #: Oral History 87-103-07
Project: Chipp-Ikpikpuk and Meade Rivers Oral History Project
Date of Interview: May 21, 1983
Narrator(s): Walter Akpik, Sr.
Interviewer(s): Bill Schneider, Wendy Arundale, Katherine Itta Ahgeak
Translator:
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 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 1, Walter Akpik, Sr., Interview 19, Part 2
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Themes
Alaska Natives, Caribou, Dog Team, Fishing, Grandparents, Historic Sites, Hunting, Inupiat, Land Use, Life on the River, Native Language, Native Song, People, Place Names, Raven, River, River Place Names, Snowmachine, Storytelling, Subsistence, Traditional Food, Traditional Skills, Trapping, Travel, Wolves
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Sections
1) The setting of the interview at Qikiqtaqturuq.
2) People who lived in the Qikiqtaqturuq area.
3) When Greta and Eva Toovak visited the area.
4) Walter's trapping in the area.
5) How people have utilized the Isuqtuq River.
6) Recent use of the area.
7) An old story and song his grandmother told him.
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Transcript
Section 1: Akpik, Walter\ Schneider, William\ Itta, Kathy\ rest\ ptarmigan|
Section 2: Olemaun\ Kaŋiġaksraq\ Ekosik, Samuel\ Ekosik, Rosie\ hunting - skills\ travel - airplane\ dwelling - type\ travel - snowmachine\ Nungasak, Ben\ camp\ fishing\ Tikiġluk\ Atqasuk|
Section 3: Akpik, Greta\ Toovak, Eva\ travel - airplane\ fishing - Qikiqtaqturuq Creek\ story - brown bear\ tent - camouflage\ fishing - whitefish\ allotment - Akpik, Greta|
Section 4: Akpik, Frank\ Akpik, Walter\ Taqtu\ travel - snowmachine\ travel - dog team\ trapping - wolves\ Barrow\ traps - loss\ containers - oil|
Section 5: Qikiqtaqturuq\ Kaŋiġaksraq\ subsistence\ Itqiḷiq\ Isigaurraaġvik\ subsistence\ Meade River|
Section 6: Uałuk\ Ekosik, Samuel\ Ekosik, Rosie\ Barter Island|
Section 7: unipkaaq\ hunting - caribou\ subsistence\ tagiq\ camping\ visitors\ food - quaq\ food - puiññiq\ bedding\ ptarmigan - behavior\ song\ raven\ ground squirrel|