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| MARLA: So after you retired, was it -- was it hard to not be a health aide anymore or -- HANNAH: Yes, it was. Yeah. It was hard to not be a health aide. You're glad you're not a health aide but you're still a health aide. Because for a long time, you know, you get -- especially my village, people, which is not -- I mean, I don't feel bad about it, they still ask me about things, you know. MARLA: Well, I would imagine -- that's what I was thinking is after 17 years, people begin to really depend on you. HANNAH: Yeah. They still do. MARLA: Yeah. Yeah. HANNAH: But -- well, we're not doing -- you know, we're not doing health aide work anymore. We're not even allowed to do -- go to the clinic and give out aspirins even. MARLA: Right. HANNAH: Actually. But I always try to keep things on hand. MARLA: Right. HANNAH: Supply on hand like bandages and Betadine, and if somebody, you know, can't get -- get taken care of or they are not doing it themselves, I can still do it. MARLA: Yeah. HANNAH: Uh-hum. MARLA: And that brings me to my other question, which was earlier you mentioned when we weren't recording that there is no health aide now. HANNAH: Yeah. MARLA: So what do people do during emergencies or traumas? HANNAH: Park Service have an EMT. And it was a real, really emergency, I imagine Naomi and I would do -- you know, I can still start an IV if I have to. MARLA: Right. HANNAH: And she always said she could, too, if she had to. MARLA: Yeah. HANNAH: We would do stuff like that. MARLA: How long ago did Naomi stop being an alternate? HANNAH: Kind of the same time I did. MARLA: Okay. HANNAH: Yeah. But we always -- she and I still are, like, aware of what's going on around here. MARLA: Right. HANNAH: Yesterday I -- we don't have a health aide but I had, you know, stuff to do, I called Chief Andrew Isaac and talked to the nurse there, if I can't get a hold of a doctor, I talk to a nurse at the nurse's station. And talk to the pharmacy. I was doing that for myself. MARLA: So that's what people -- HANNAH: But I would do it for -- yeah. MARLA: Would -- would someone else in Bettles call the hospital, you know, or do you do that because you were a health aide? Would someone be able to call the hospital for help or for advice? HANNAH: I would -- I would probably -- I haven't had to, but I -- I would probably guide them anyway, you know, call -- call Chief Andrew Isaac, call here, and get ahold of -- you know. If they need it. MARLA: Yeah. HANNAH: Just about everybody know they take care of themselves right now. MARLA: Yeah. How many people live in Bettles now? HANNAH: I'm not sure. All together, with down there and up here. MARLA: Yeah. HANNAH: Summer, and wintertime goes down to almost nothing around here. MARLA: Right. HANNAH: It's probably -- well, I'm not sure. MARLA: And Bettles and Evansville, maybe you can clarify that for me. There's a -- can you clarify that for me? HANNAH: Bettles? MARLA: Yeah. There's Bettles Field and there's Evansville. HANNAH: Yeah. We are Evansville Corporation, or Evansville Village, tribal. MARLA: Okay. HANNAH: Has nothing to do with Bettles Field people. Nothing to do with Park Service or the individual people. MARLA: So Bettles is Park Service and -- HANNAH: Uh-hum. MARLA: -- the airport mostly? HANNAH: Yeah. I guess -- MARLA: And Evansville -- HANNAH: I guess when we were establishing or forming a village here, they -- they were looking for a name, to name their -- their corporation, our corporation. So they -- they named it Evans because I guess Evans was the first one to -- MARLA: Settle here or -- HANNAH: -- settle here. Yeah. I look back on it now, we should call it Bettles, like Old Bettles. MARLA: Right. HANNAH: Just moved to here. MARLA: Yeah. Well, that's why I was a little confused because I knew that this is called Evansville, but I didn't know how it was connected with -- HANNAH: Yeah. MARLA: -- Bettles. And then I knew there was an Old Bettles. HANNAH: I think we kind of regretted it -- I personally regretted it right away that it should have just been called Bettles. Because Bettles Field and Bettles -- Bettles Field is Bettles Field. MARLA: Right. HANNAH: Because the runway is here. MARLA: Yeah. HANNAH: And old -- Old Bettles is five miles down from here. It's the Old Bettles. MARLA: Right. HANNAH: You know, established way -- MARLA: And that's where. HANNAH: In 1900s. MARLA: And that's where you grew up? HANNAH: That's where I grew up. And I wish now that we had named this Bettles. And just say it moved to here. MARLA: Yeah. Old Bettles. HANNAH: It wouldn't be so confusing. Evansville. Are you from Evansville, Indiana? Something like that. | |
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