Amason, Alvin (artist). Audio, 2:36 minutes MP3 format. Alvin Amason talks about how he named his painting "Oscar Scared Him with His Icon" at a UA Museum of the North Geist lecture
Full title: Dotson’ nonot’o_h = Raven got fooled / translated by members of the Koyukon Cultural Enrichment Program ; illustrated by Thelma A. Webster.
(7:03 min.) (06 of 27) Alaska Road Commission II
Commission members lived in Alaska, but had to get funding from Congress. Later got funding from the Departments of Commerce and Interior. Head of the commission was Richardson, a personable...
(3:58 min.) (13 of 27) Problems with cooks
Camp cooks were brothers, and cooks were good as long as they were sober. One went to Livengood after an argument and got drunk. When he returned and his brother got off shift, he cut up all the...
(5:05 min) (04 of 19) Education in Chicago Got a request from the Chicago & Altman Railroad to try-out for a fireman job. He was engaged to be married and decided not to work on the railroad. Went to Chicago to take the Ray Automobile...
(6:42 min) (11 of 19) First jobs in Fairbanks W. F. Thompson, editor of the News Miner, interviewed them about the trip Sept 1, 1923. Rented cabin from Pete Steele. Went to church and got a job the next day. Got a job with the N. C. Co. ...
09 Flew that summer (1946) (4:15 min,) (09 of 09)
Got married soon thereafter, husband owned a trading post in McGrath. Had a son and then husband got sick and died; left her with a child and a trading post to run. Stayed in McGrath until 1953.
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "A pickup immersed by the waters off the point of Nyman's Peninsula aboard the Naval Station, Kodiak, forced two seamen, William D. Maule of Canoga Park, Calif., and Bruce Reid of Selah,...
Title from verso. "Plane Noel got. Copied from Reed's." A group of people appear to be inspecting an aircraft. One of the men is dressed in what looks like a mechanic's uniform. On the side of the plane the letters "tion" are visible; on the...
Contents: Letter of transmittal. Testimony of Chief Kah-du-shan from Wrangel; Chief Johnson (Yash-noosh) from Juneau; Chief Koogh-see fom Hoonah; Chief Kah-ea-tchiss from Hoonah; Chief Shoo-we-Kah from Juneau; Chief Ah-na-tlash from Taku;...