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KAREN: Now, when you lived in Angoon, did you feel like you got that same kind of support from the community, or --

BARBARA: Yeah, I did. You know, there were things that, you know, it was like a lot of political stuff weren't very good, but as far as the backing it, I think I did okay. You know.

KAREN: I didn't know if it made a difference that you weren't from Angoon originally.

BARBARA: Well, it actually did, you know. Before I left there, gosh, the people just didn't want me to leave, you know. And I didn't really realize how much that they cared for me, you know.

And it was Christmastime, we always have a Christmas program, and from the time my kids were small, we used to be in the Christmas program, you know.

And that year it was my last year there, and so I told my children, my older ones, that they needed to come to Angoon so we could have our Christmas together there. You know. For the last time.

And so we did. And when I -- when I called my children up to the stage and we -- they all came up, we were just really -- there was lots of us, you know, there, my kids and their family, and the grandkids, you know. And I had a standing ovation. You know.

And it just really touched my heart the way they, you know, really -- it really made me feel good when they did that.

And I thought maybe, you know, I wasn't as -- liked as much, you know, but they showed me that, you know, they cared for me. But I wanted to come here because it was where I'm from.

KAREN: Right.