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Continued from Fedosia Laktonen A, this recording includes a story about a magpie, a story about a stickleback, and a conversation with Pete Atenedof. (ANLA ID: ANLCAS077) (In Alutiiq)

This recording contains an account of Fedosia Laktonen's childhood, as well as stories about an evil raven, a bear woman, a fox woman, and a girl who marries the moon. (ANLA ID: ANLCAS077) (In Alutiiq)

Born in California, Alfred Quijance grew up speaking Alutiiq and moved to Kodiak when he was eleven years old. He and his wife Helen now live in Seldovia, where he enjoys carpentry and eating traditional foods such as duck, seal, and baidarkies.

Fred Coyle learned Alutiiq from his mother and father, and has helped to establish an Alutiiq language learning group in Anchorage in collaboration with Irene Coyle and John Yakanak.

Candace Branson is an advanced Alutiiq speaker and teacher. Her Alutiiq name is Cutmen ("Moving Forward").

Julia was born in Afognak, Alaska in 1929. Her parents were Afonie and Christina Knagin Lukin.

Nick Alokli was born in 1936 at the Alitak Cannery near Akhiok, and grew up in Akhiok and at Egkuq in the Olga Bay Narrows.

Clyda Christiansen lived in Larsen Bay and Karluk. Clyda shared stories and oral histories, which are contained in the Alutiiq Museum collections.

Speaking to Joe Kelly, Larry Matfay describes the kenirwik (kitchen), qawarwik (bedroom), windows, and sealskin hangings found in ciqlluaqs. He also describes how they were heated and how food was cooked. (In English)

Speaking to Joe Kelly, Larry Matfay describes how to construct a ciqlluaq (sod house), including details about the foundation, the use of grass and sod in building the walls, and the construction of a maqiwik (banya). (In English)