Interview with Floyd Ahyakana

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

Subjects: Description of whaling - preparation, tools, harpooning, first white whalers to come. Hunting caribou, deer, walrus, ducks, fishing. Description of artifacts and their usage

Tribe, Community, Culture: 
Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government
Community: 
University of New Mexico
Protocol: 
University of New Mexico Public Access
Category: 
Oral History & Interviews
Keywords: 
Whaling, Hunting, Artifacts, fishing
Collections: 
University of New Mexico
Original Date: 
1968 June 28th
Creator: 
Floyd Ahyakana
Contributor: 
Dennis Stanford
Language: 
English
Rights: 
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Source: 
MSS 314
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Publisher: 
Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections, The University of New Mexico Libraries
Identifier: 
MSS 314_484
Subject: 
Inuit -- Alaska -- Barrow, Point, Region, History, hunting, Whaling, Fishing
Type: 
Transcript
Format: 
PDF