f Bar row News
Whaling Regulations Made;
Adult Education Booms
By Guy Okakok
Discussion was heard yesterday
from the Eskimo whalers in Bar
row fire hall: men who have whal
ed for years and years, leaving wo
men out from this meeting, just
men alone.
First: the whalers discussed whe
ther or not to register their whal
ing gears, meaning, their bombs,
owner mark, and darting guns.
Argument went on for a half
and hour. Finally they settled it.
Each umiak owner will register
his. mark to the city council, that
is supposing a whale is caught and
the crew finds another bomb with
another mark in the whale, the
owner who struck this whale first
with a bomb can claim it as his.
whieh custom has been going on
for generations.
Apportioning
Second: how the whale will be
divided. Answers from here and
there were very satisfactory. Other
questions were, can the people from
ashore go out and cut up muktuk
for themselves, and how can a man
or woman get their meat?
A lot of Eskimo whalers always
stay out all spring long. They are
the men who should get the muk
tuk and meat, men who face the
cold weather on the ice without
coming to shore sometimes. Men
who always want to catch whales
so that the village can partake in
some of the catch.
No Poaching
In meeting they also said that
there are men who go out when
ever they hear a whale is caught
and cut large amounts of muktuk '
and meat while they are still cut
ting up the whale. If this could
be stopped, the men who stay out
could have a larger share.
Now, during this spring if the
whale is caught, people from ashore
who don’t help will not try to dis
turb while they cut up the whale.
But after the whale is all cut up.
the owner to this dead whale will
give it to the men and women.
There is always a lot of meat
cn the bones which they could cut
for themselves, but not before the
owner gives orders.
Stay Away
Three: shall we Barrow residents,
or can we urge the plane hunters
to keep out of the area in which
We hunt whales? Now, if the whal
ers go out this month, the pilots
were told to keep away from the
lead. And if they don’t and want
to continue going through or follow
ing the lead, then that plane or
pilotj should be reported right away.
Of course, they could go out be
hind the whalers but not ahead of
them.
The natives said they have gone
too far. Let's all get together and
make the decision.
Skinned Bear. How?
Over 20 polar bears shot this
month by the plane hunters alone.
A story was heard from one of
the hunters last week, that they
leave the meat untouched, skinned
it out there but didn’t bring back
any part, none whatsoever.
The story was because they didn’t
have tools to cut up the meat. The
listeners here said. “How could he
and what did he use to skin the
bear?"
One native said he couldn’t be
lieve this and no one can't. One
native said he once had skinned
the polar bear with a pocket knife.
It took him time but he finished
skinning it. He said he has to see
this man who shot this bear and
asked him how he skinned the
bear.
We do not know whether he has
met this person or not.
Learning, Great
Still more adults are coming to
school and they are picking so
wonderfully now the words that
they never knew what they meant.
Lots of them can speak English
well. They don’t need any inter
preter as they used to.
One adult student said one time.
“Why in the world my parents
keep me away from school and why
my father wants me to be a hunter?
I'm glad I have them both now.
hunting and education.
“Once my father said to me, I was
ten years old then, father said. 'Son,
you will come to be a great hunter
and probably married and raise
children. Then if I passed away
you can be of your own, feed your
family and others too, that is, if
you know they are in need.’
This adult student said, “These
words are in my heart yet. My
father leave me a good advice even
though he kept me away from
school. When I went to church
each service those days, I’d open
ON PROMOTIONAL TOUR—Oliver and Olga Amouak of Unalakleet, recent visitors to Washington,
D.C., were greeted on the steps of the U.S. Capital by Miss Gladyce M. Walker of Nome, secretary to
Congressman Ralph J. Rivers. The Amouaks were in the nation’s capital on a promotional tour for
Alaska Airlines.
my bible, find the chapter which
the minister wanted to speak about.
I could not read what he spoke
about.
“Now, after school opens for
adults I am beginning to pick little
at a time from my reading books
and arithmetics until up today.
“Thank goodness,” he said, “I could
read and write and don't need any
interpreter.”
Also he said, “I want to thank the
Government who established the
schools all over Alaska so that we
could learn.”
Famous Mail Carrier
Ned Nusunginya. oldtime Barrow
resident came in yesterday. He has
left Barrow couple months ago.
Ned has traveled not only to Point
Hope but to Noatak and Kivalina.
Ned has traveled with dogs long
before the airplanes, taking mail
to Kotzebue every other month and
sometimes to Nome even.
He is a member of the Assembly
of God church.
Hooper Bay Out
Of Stove Oil
For Tivo Weeks
Mrs. Ted Hunter, of Hooper Bay,
reported that the village had been
out of stove oil for over two weeks,
“so it's cold inside and out.”
They have been expecting the
mail plane but fog has delayed the
flight. They have had no mail for
two weeks. However, the village
was expecting the plane on April 28.
"The men have been quite lucky
hunting seals, luftak, and mukluks,”
wrote Mrs. Hunter.
Oogruk is mukluk to people in
the Hooper Bay area and on up
north from there it is known as
oogruk.
POLAR BEARS
At least 38 polar bears were
killed at Pt. Hope this season, most
ly by plane hunters. Most of the
hunters and guides are now gone.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY—Little Pris
cilla Hunter, adopted daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hunter of
Hooper Bay, is shown celebrating
her fourth birthday. Wearing a
tiara of tinfoil, Priscilla is happi
ly anticipating a piece of her
birthday cake.
—Photo by Mrs. Ted Hunter
A»L^S^A BOARD OF FISH AND GAME—At a recent meeting in Juneau, the Board
of Fish and Game elected Eugene Miller as its chairman and Gordon Jensen as vice
chairman. The Board’s agenda consisted of, sports fishing, commercial fishing, game
! *nd guiding. During the meeting the Board authorized dredging for clams in certain
areas around Kodiak and the Aleutian Chain. The Board contends that this is
... ^MiS£ry.beCaU.Se °f * shortage of commercial diggers. The Board also envisioned
| that this type of digging for clams might be beneficial around the Bering Sea area
because clam beds are below tide waters. The Board members are, from left to right:
Robert Moss, Homer; Howard Romig, Anchorage; Oscar Dyson, Kodiak; Frank See,
Hoonah; Vice Chairman Gordon Jensen, Petersburg; Walter Kirkness, Commissioner,
Juneau; Roy Selfridge, Ketchikan; Avrum Gross, Attorney General’s Office; Edward
S. Marvich, Dept, of Commerce; Chairman Eugene Miller, Fairbanks; Truman Em
berg, Dillingham; Dick Jansen, Cordova; Frank A. Degnan, Unalakleet.
—Photo by Alaska Dept, of Fish and Game