Qagkumiuts, upriver residents, explain how fishing is really like upriver from Tuluksak. Upriver residents also explain how they view how fishing is like downriver.
Fishing Qagkumiut Style - Part I
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Evelyn's uluaq.
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Map of Bethel and the Kuskokwim Delta.
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View of Bethel on July 5, 2018.
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Map of Aniak and the Kuskokwim River.
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Welcome to Aniak.
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Evelyn Chamberlain cutting fish at the Kuskokwim River on July 5, 2018.
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Evelyn Chamberlain's view of her cutting board.
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Cottonwood.
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L-R: Husband and wife, Steve and Evelyn Chamberlain cutting their freshly caught fish on July 5, 2018.
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The Russian Mountains can be seen from the Aniak beach.
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Evelyn Chamberlain cutting fish right on the Kuskokwim River on July 5, 2018. Women upriver from Aniak on up cut their fish right on the Kuskokwim River and throw fish guts right in the river.
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Dorris and Anna Allain's fish are smoked with live cottonwood.
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L-R: Dorris Allain holding a half dried flat fish. Dorris' mother, Anna Allain of Aniak on July 5, 2018.
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Dorris and Anna Allain's flat fish in their smokehouse on July 5, 2018.
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Aniak elder, Clara Morgan on July 5, 2018.
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Drift net on the Kuskokwim River.
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Clara Morgan in her home on July 5, 2018.
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Francine Kvamme is used to cutting her fish with a 12-inch knife.
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Francine Kvamme's cutting her fish at the Kuskokwim River.
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Nora Kelilah of Aniak on July 9, 2018 explains how she views fishing from downriver residents to upriver residents.
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Eric Morgan Sr. of Chuathbaluk explains how fishing is like in Aniak on July 9, 2018.
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