Eva was born January 14, 1903, here in Hooper Bay. She's been living here ever since she was born. She never used to travel to places like Anchorage. She used to be scared of white people because she had never seen whites before. She never used to leave her parents.

She and her friends used to play near the slough, but somewhere close by where there was sand. There weren't any pool halls then. They also never used to stay up late at night. They always used to go out on the tundra and get greens and other vegetation and play in the mud barefoot. They never wore shoes. There weren't any drunks around in those days either.

In the spring time they used to stay in sod houses down at Nuvok Spit while their parents hunted seal and birds. And in the summer time they put up tents and the men hunted then too. When there were lots of fish they moved to Naparyaaq slough where they used to dry them on fish racks. The men used to hunt seals in those days by kayak, not by motor boat.