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Martha Matfay, Natalie Jack

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Martha Matfay and Natalie Jack talk about movies, gathering seafood and berries, and Christmas and wedding traditions. Reference notes are from Florence Pestrikoff, Mary Haakanson, and Michael Bach, and are titled Florence and Mary 20150728. (In Alutiiq)

Nida Chya, Christine Ignatin

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Nida Chya and Christine Ignatin talk about playing games outside, hanging kelp to dry, Lent, sewing sea otter skins, making gutskin raincoats out of seal guts, and sleeping in kayaks. (In Alutiiq)

Nida Chya, Christine Ignatin

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Nida Chya and Christine Ignatin talk about putting fish up, making tamuuq (smoked salmon), using pink or "humpy" salmon for making smoked fish, and storing fish in the shed or "saRayaaq". (In Alutiiq)

Irene Coyle

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Irene Coyle listens to a tape and translates it to English with Philomena Knect. One topic discussed on the tape is playing games with a bow and arrow, using bull kelp as a target. (In Alutiiq and English)

Judy Michener, Irene Coyle, Jenny Zeedar, Mary Peterson, Lauri Miller

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This recording contains only singing. The first song is "Ungalaq", The East, a traditional Christmas song about the star of Bethlehem. The meaning of the song is derived from a cardinal direction, usually meaning "east" or "northeast". (In Alutiiq)