Leo Jackson: Interview Outline: Section 11 Growing up in the old village Tape Reference Number: H2002-09-09 Leo Jackson talks with Bill Schneider, Hazel Apok, and Eileen Devinney in Kiana, Alaska on February 28, 2002.

Bill Schneider: And you said you were born in 19 --

Leo Jackson: '36.

Bill Schneider: -- 36. Uh-hum.

Hazel Apok: Still a young fellow.

Leo Jackson: Yeah. I liked it when I was young. Because I was lively. And I could move a little faster than nowadays.

Eileen Devinney: So you grew up for a little bit in the old village? You grew up in that old village for a little bit?

Leo Jackson: Yeah. I left -- I left in 1955, when I was 19 years old. Went to work Fairbanks.

Eileen Devinney: How was it living over there, when you were young?

Leo Jackson: It was good there. I liked it over there. Quiet, nice and quiet. Only -- all's you hear is them dogs howling, barking.

Eileen Devinney: Did most people have a dog team?

Leo Jackson: Oh, yes.

Eileen Devinney: Yeah?

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