Percy Jackson: Interview Outline: Section 11 Changes he has observed in the land, and where the village's name Kiana comes from Tape Reference Number: H2002-09-14 Percy Jackson talks with Bill Schneider and Eileen Devinney in Kiana, Alaska on January 28, 2003.

Bill Schneider: Percy, one of the things that we wanted to talk about was changes you've seen in the land. Last night we were talking about the point out here.

Percy Jackson: Uh-hum.

Bill Schneider: Have you seen other features of the land and how they've changed?

Percy Jackson: Oh, that -- they used to have houses down below, huh. I know there was five houses under this bank here, way out. When I was -- when I was a kid.

Lorry Schuerch: And in the '50s, if you remember, down here at the base of the hill at Loren Way, there was Johnny Smith, Teddy Johnson, Irvin Morris, and Loren Black all living down there.

Percy Jackson: Uh-hum.

Lorry Schuerch: And there was a little ledge there, which has some since eroded away. That was a big change. And the reason for that erosion is this point going away in front of town called Qaiyaan. And I believe that's where the name Kiana came from.

Bill Schneider: Yeah.

Lorry Schuerch: If -- and correct me if I'm wrong, the -- there has been a -- I think a misinterpretation of the -- where the village -- where the name Kiana was derived from.

Bill Schneider: Let's talk about that this afternoon when we get the group together.

Lorry Schuerch: Okay. Okay.

Bill Schneider: Yeah. Unless, Percy, do you want to talk about the naming of the place here?

Percy Jackson: Which place?

Bill Schneider: Kiana.

Percy Jackson: I don't know.

Bill Schneider: Don't know.

Percy Jackson: I seen the white guys when they first come, they wouldn't say Katyaak, that's why they name it Kiana.

Lorry Schuerch: Uh-hum.

Percy Jackson: That's what I heard anyway. When the miners first start coming around.

Lorry Schuerch: Uh-hum. What year were you born, Percy?

Percy Jackson: '23.

Lorry Schuerch: '23. Uh-hum.

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