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| Author |
Date |
Location |
Subject |
URL |
| Fred Sickler |
March 10, 1911 |
Shungnak |
Status update |
http://ankn.uaf.edu/Resources/ReindeerFiles/645-655.pdf |
| MS Ref: | [7-4] [7-8] [8-16] [8-24] [8-27] [8-28] | Box: |
B1 |
| To: |
A.N. Evans | ||
| Eskimo Names: | John Smith (Zalook); Billy Strong; Riley Jim; Chas. Coffin; Riley Jim's wife; | White Names: |
Mr. Hawkesworth; Mrs. Myers; Wise; Siverly; Mr. Myers; Moran; Mr. W.T. Lopp; Dr. Updegraff; Mr. Cox; |
| Events: | Places: | "Nolan Creek; Bettles; Kotzebue; Squirrel [River]; the Kobuk; the Noatak; Washington, D.C.; the falls on the Kogaluktuk; Kalla; Koyukuk [River];" | |
| Perceptions: | chiefs; adultery; bigamy; incest; | Treatment: | treatment at the hands of traders and missionaries; |
| Travel Themes: | fares; | Eskimo Trading |
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| Themes: | "altered contract; "not by favor of Myers"; Roman Catholic; native influence; working for white miners; barter goods; reindeer rations; oogruk rope; oogruk soles; seal oil; mistresses; sugar used for immoral purposes; back sinew; gardening; mines and miners; reindeer management; reindeer hides; chemist, assayer, surveyor; wife as teacher; conflicting ownership of land; industrial training, bread-making, sewing; conflict of interests-bakery; quack remedies; Mrs. Myers says Bible forbids non-church members to minister to the sick; "she is long on prayers in their cabins and pretends to have revelations from God"; women's roles; church and state;" | Trapping/Fishing/ Berry Picking |
"the falls at the Kogaluktuk, thousands of salmon; fishing camp at Kalla;" |
| Business or Organization: |
Western Federation of Miners; | Ships, Boats, & Marine Equipment |
|
| Books, Documents, & Articles: | Diseases & Infirmaties |
heart failure; |
|
| General Medical | 14 native deaths the first year; medicines; | ||
| Comments: | "eating their sacred bird"; "Riley Jim -- too many deer"; the Koguluktuk- 4 miles distant; "chemist in a fertilizing factory"; "looking for trouble with a search warrant";" |
