Leo Jackson: Interview Outline: Section 14 What the younger generation should know about Kiana and sharing Tape Reference Number: H2002-09-09 Leo Jackson talks with Bill Schneider, Hazel Apok, and Eileen Devinney in Kiana, Alaska on February 28, 2002.

Hazel Apok: Did you ever have to go in front of a council before?

Leo Jackson: No.

Hazel Apok: No?

Leo Jackson: I never have.

Hazel Apok: They used to have 'em long time ago, though --

Leo Jackson: Yeah.

Hazel Apok: (Inupiaq) Even when they talk about them today, we know how it was a powerful group of men, you know, held your future in their hands. So, even the most wariest, you know, get a wake up call. I wonder how they --

Leo Jackson: My -- my parents always tell me the old days, the elders, do something for 'em. Don't get paid for it. If they want to pay you, go ahead and take it. And don't ask for pay. Help. Rich or poor. That's what he always tell me. Not only -- not only elders, it was someone that need help. Maybe some day they will help you, too -- came out. Some younger fellow could be doing something, they come to me right away and help me out. I remember what they tell me, my parents tell me. And I like that. Don't go by a person that need help, help him. Help him.

Hazel Apok: Uh-hum.

Leo Jackson: Give food. Give something they -- what they need. That's what. If you have enough, you know you have enough, give it to 'em. Right now, young -- younger people give me caribou, fish, anything. I like it.

Hazel Apok: That sharing is a big part of our life, huh?

Leo Jackson: Yeah. They also tell me to share. Share with somebody that doesn't have.

(End of recorded interview.)

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