Interview with Cora Ungarook and Floyd Ahyakana

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Summary: 
Originally spoken in Inupiaq, translated by Bud Kanaruk
Description: 

Subjects: Story of Masakruak and Ilusikruak, several stories showing the cultural differences between Coastal and Inland people (leaving the ill to die and disposing of unwanted babies), measles epidemic

Tribe, Community, Culture: 
Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government
Community: 
University of New Mexico
Protocol: 
University of New Mexico Public Access
Category: 
History, Oral History & Interviews, Story
Keywords: 
Stories, cultural differences, Measles epidemic
Collections: 
University of New Mexico
Original Date: 
1968 August 23rd
Creator: 
Cora Ungarook, Floyd Ahyakana
Contributor: 
Dennis Stanford
Language: 
English
Rights: 
Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of New Mexico. Duplication of recordings permitted only with written permission from artist, performer, interviewer and interviewee, tribal authority, or current holder of intellectual property rights. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws.
Source: 
MSS 314
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Publisher: 
Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections, The University of New Mexico Libraries
Identifier: 
MSS 314_479
Subject: 
Inuit -- Alaska -- Barrow -- Mythology, Measles
Type: 
Transcript
Format: 
PDF