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This is part of a series. Elders from the NANA region shared stories with Hilda Narvauġauraq Haas, a shareholder originally from Shungnak. These are excerpts from their conversations, translated from Iñupiaq.

Every spring, around March or the first of April, my family would move to Sealing Point( our name for Cape Krusenstern). My Taata would move us to camp with three sleds. My Aaka and my sister Taatuk and I were in the last sled, pulled by three or five dogs. Our load was just us and one little stove. Yoi! [ laughing ]

To make camp, my Taata measured the ground for our big tent. He got out his saw and we sawed the snow down to the ground until it reached the rocks. Then we put up the tent inside the wall of snow. It was not cold, so we did not build a fire much, only for cooking, but we still used lots of wood. Taatuk and I gathered driftwood and had two or three dogs pull the heavy sled.

To hunt( seals and walrus), my Taata and Aapa( papa) and many others( my uncles) went all the way to the salt water and they

would be gone many days. When they came back, the dogs knew when they were getting close to camp, so they ran faster. Sometimes Taatuk and I would go out to meet them and we got a fast ride back. It was fun. This is how I was raised. [ laughing ]

When it came time for my Aaka to work on the seals and walrus, I helped. They were shot in the head, not the body( so the skin and furs could be used). To make seal oil, my Aaka rendered the fat. After that, she went through the head to get the meat out. Nowadays, if I were to work on the head, it would take me all day.

My Aaka was a hard worker. Taatuk and I would not let her cook or wash dishes. After we finished with that, my Aaka asked us to set traps for squirrels. We set out to check traps with gunny sacks strapped on our backs. Filled with maybe ten squirrels, the sacks would grow heavy. The trail had hardly any snow. In April, May or June, I remember how it was and I wished I were there.

In the winter, my Aapa collected wood to build a boat. When the time came, he peeled the bark off the trees. I don’ t know

how many trees, but our boat was very long. After the shape was made, six or so women sewed the skin on it. When it was finished, my Aapa put the boat on logs and pulled it into the water. To steer the boat, he used a wooden rudder. There was no outboard motor, not even a small one.

My Aaka had five sons, so I had many uncles who loved me. They would give me money, even though they knew I would use it to buy cigarettes. They did not scold me. Those days we did not know about cancer.

I started smoking when I was 13. I am now 73 / 74 years old and I finally quit. I regret smoking all those years. I was diagnosed with cancer. It is very hard to quit smoking when you are old. I am telling the truth. If I hadn’ t smoked, I could grow older without hurting all the time. Young people need to hear this.•

To hear the full, untranslated interview, visit NANA ' s YouTube channel

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