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| Author |
Date |
Location |
Subject |
URL |
| A. N. Evans |
January 13, 1911 |
Unalakleet |
Issues at Shungnak |
| MS Ref: | [8-13] | Box: |
BIA |
| To: |
Fred M. Sickler | ||
| Eskimo Names: | Billy Strong; Johnnie; Riley Jim; | White Names: |
C.W. Hawkesworth; Walter Shields; |
| Events: | Places: | Kobuk; Shungnak; Kobuk River; Selawik; | |
| Perceptions: | "Natives are "usually slow to place their confidence in strangers and will not untill they have learned from observation that the man is capable of advising them"." | Treatment: | |
| Travel Themes: | Eskimo Trading |
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| Themes: | "Myers' contract with Riley Jim for Chief Herder; unauthorized contracts with Natives; Barter accounts; Barter goods cannot be sold for cash; reindeer owners should assist herders; oldest herders can give best advice for location of the herds; herders should put in their own fish traps; castration of deer (cutting v. crushing); deer desire salt, so are moved to the coast for a few weeks each year; Riley Jim used influence to improve conditions at Shungnak; gardening topics; " | Trapping/Fishing/ Berry Picking |
Herders camp located next to the best fishing on the Kobuk; salmon make good fertilizer; |
| Business or Organization: |
U.S. Treasury; Bureau of Education; Congress; | Ships, Boats, & Marine Equipment |
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| Books, Documents, & Articles: | Diseases & Infirmaties |
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| General Medical | |||
| Comments: |
