Roger Atoruk: Interview Outline: Section 5 Photo of Roger Atoruk, Peter Atoruk, Effie Atoruk, and Mary Atoruk Tape Reference Number: H2002-09-07 Roger Atoruk talks with Bill Schneider, Hazel Apok, and Eileen Devinney in Kiana, Alaska on February 27, 2002

Roger Atoruk: This was my -- my father's second wife, Effie. They got married in 1942. And now they -- they just -- they just died a few years ago. Like oh, maybe just about 10 years ago. My stepmother Effie died in 1990. February 1990. [Note: was actually March] And my father died the next year, in March. [Note: Peter died in February of 1991].

Left to right: Roger, Peter, Effie, and Mary Atoruk [Photo courtesy of Roger Atoruk]

Bill Schneider: We're looking at the upper one, right?

Roger Atoruk: Yeah, upper one.

Bill Schneider: And what's going on in that picture, do you know?

Roger Atoruk: They used to have a -- they have a fish camp up in the spring, spring fish camp. What we call slough. And they would get a lot of fish up there. It's kind of dark, but there's a lot of fish hanging over here. [regarding the photographic image]

Bill Schneider: Uh-hum.

Roger Atoruk: And that's -- that's me myself, my father, my stepmother, and my wife Mary right there.

Bill Schneider: I don't see Mary. Mary over on the far end?

Roger Atoruk: Yeah. That my wife Mary right there.

Bill Schneider: Uh-hum. Then you're on the far side?

Roger Atoruk: This is me right here. This was taken somewhere around in the '70s. '70s or '80s.

Bill Schneider: Now, what type of fish were you getting?

Roger Atoruk: What's that?

Bill Schneider: What type of fish were you getting?

Roger Atoruk: What type of fish?

Bill Schneider: Yeah.

Roger Atoruk: Whitefish. Whitefish.

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