Interview with Cora Ungarook and Floyd Ahyakana

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Summary: 
Originally spoken in Inupiaq, translated by Bud Kanaruk
Description: 

Subjects: Trade between coastal and inland people, first white people at Barrow village, difficulties between families at Point Barrow village, war between the people of Birnirk, killing at Birnirk by a young boy, murders at Cape Halkit

Tribe, Community, Culture: 
Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government
Community: 
University of New Mexico
Protocol: 
University of New Mexico Public Access
Category: 
Community Life & Family Life, History, Oral History & Interviews, War and Conflict
Keywords: 
Trading, Inter-tribal conflict, Settlement, Murder, Area history
Collections: 
University of New Mexico
Original Date: 
1968 July 31st
Creator: 
Cora Ungarook, Floyd Ahyakana
Contributor: 
Dennis Stanford
Language: 
English
Rights: 
Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of New Mexico. Duplication of recordings permitted only with written permission from artist, performer, interviewer and interviewee, tribal authority, or current holder of intellectual property rights. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws.
Source: 
MSS 314
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Publisher: 
Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections, The University of New Mexico Libraries
Identifier: 
MSS 314_477
Subject: 
Inuit -- Alaska -- Barrow, Point, Region, Trading, History
Type: 
Transcript
Format: 
PDF