Product Overview
In this book, eight elders from Selawik, Alaska—Emma Ramoth, May Walton, Sally Gallahorn, Pauline Ramoth, Grant Ballot, Mildred Foster, Ruby Foster, and Ralph Ramoth, Sr.—share their stories of muskrat camp and the muskrat fur trade in the early to mid-20th century.
Although muskrats provide the unifying theme of this book, these memories showcase the adaptability and skills of the Iñupiat and their deep understanding of the land and resources. The interviews shed light on the history of land use and environmental conditions in the Selawik River valley, which became part of the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge in 1980.
Most of these interviews took place in 2018 as part of Project Jukebox through the University of Alaska Fairbanks Oral History Program. Audio recordings of many of the interviews are available online at the Project Jukebox website: https://jukebox.uaf.edu/selawik.
Edited by Susan Georgette and Karen Brewster, and designed and illustrated by Kathy Lepley, this publication preserves an important chapter of Alaska’s cultural heritage for readers today and for future generations.
Although muskrats provide the unifying theme of this book, these memories showcase the adaptability and skills of the Iñupiat and their deep understanding of the land and resources. The interviews shed light on the history of land use and environmental conditions in the Selawik River valley, which became part of the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge in 1980.
Most of these interviews took place in 2018 as part of Project Jukebox through the University of Alaska Fairbanks Oral History Program. Audio recordings of many of the interviews are available online at the Project Jukebox website: https://jukebox.uaf.edu/selawik.
Edited by Susan Georgette and Karen Brewster, and designed and illustrated by Kathy Lepley, this publication preserves an important chapter of Alaska’s cultural heritage for readers today and for future generations.
