Mike Spindler interviewed Humphrey Ambrose in Nulato on April 2, 1998. This interview was edited and produced by Clinton Brown

HUMPHREY AMBROSE was born April 17, 1915 in the village of Nulato and passed away on July 7, 2002. His parents were Mary Ann and Joseph Ambrose. Humphrey's formal education ended at the third grade but he went on to be schooled in a subsistence lifestyle. On June 10, 1939, he married Mildred Stevens Esmailka. Humphrey and Mildred raised seven children in Kaiyuh on a subsistence lifestyle of hunting, fishing and trapping. His trapping endeavors predominantly consisted of marten, mink, beaver and wolf but he also harvested lynx and wolverines. After the birth of Walter, Humphrey tended to spend most of his time in and around Nulato. In the summers Humphrey would work at canneries and also fought fires. Later in his life he also worked a number of years at the Nulato School.

The goal of Raven's Story is to record elders' stories, observations, and experiences relating to wildlife, fish, and subsistence in the Koyukuk and middle Yukon areas of interior Alaska. This Raven's Story was produced by Clinton Brown at public radio station KIYU-AM in Galena, Alaska, with the support of Louden Tribal Council and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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H2004-01-20

1) Biography (1:22)

2) Nulato Massacre (6:22)

3) Trapping Marten (3:38)

4) Trapping Wolverine (4:33)

5) Woodsman (3:56)