Interview with Nan Kiokun, 9-12-95 [3 of 4]

• Other Authors: Griffin, Dennis (collector), Griffin, Dennis (interviewer), Kiokun, Nan (speaker), David, Mona (interpreter)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1995
• Subjects: Nunivak Island (Alaska) > History; Yupik Eskimos > Alaska > Nunivak Island > Education; Yupik Eskimos > Alaska > Nunivak Island > Social life and customs; Yupik Eskimos > Alaska > Nunivak Island > Material culture; Nash; eskimo*; muskox; Nunivak; Nunivak Island; Yupik; Alaska
• Online Access: https://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/audio/interview-nan-kiokun-9-12-95-3-4

"Information on first school at Nash Harbor; residency in village houses when school arrived; village activity areas; Nan Williams Kiokun's family's seasonal round; construction & storage techniques for plant foods; firing of clay pottery; stories of Mr. Bird, Nash Harbor's first teacher and her family's attempts to survive after father died; father ran village store. Interview was conducted at the home of Mona David, Nan's daughter. Mon'as husband Abe was taking two hunters on a muskox trip and final packing and goodbyes occurred during the first half hour. Mona's three children interrupted taping several times. Nan only spent one winter at Nash Harbor but retains many good memories of basic layout of the village. Her father ran the village store for Paul Ivanoff."