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GEORGE AHGUPUK
TAKES TOP PRIZES
AT m. FESTIVAL
•
Eskimo Artist Visits Juneau
After Making First
Trip Outside
"How about a little design here?”
So completely does Alaska's most
noted native artist express himself
in line and form that he aches to
qreate beauty when confronted with
a blank white space.
George Aden Ahgupuk volunteer
ed “a little design” on a blank
page facing his picture, after auto
graphing a copy of "Igloo Tales”
the other day at the Territorial
Museum, also when he signed the
Museum register, and for a re
porter’s note pad.
They are delightful little sketches
—of a cache, a deer, a caribou—
each done in the flash of a gull's
wing.
Ahgupuk's “little designs” attract
ed attention from nurses in the Ko
tzebue hospital when he was about
20 years old, a patient from Shish
maref. They watched him draw
delicately on thin toilet tissue, and
saw to it that he was provided with
real drawing materials.
He has since specialized in India i
ink drawing on the finest of skins 1
—the inner layer of reindeer hide,
taken from bewteen the two others.
Lately he has been experimenting
with a similar layer of seal skin.
His tanning process is his secret.
About three years ago, he perfect
ed a method which keeps the hide
from turning yellow. He is work
ing with bleaches for seal skin,
which is hard to prepare because
of its oiliness.
"It takes three years to cure and
dry, and has to be bleached every
winter,” George said.
Through the interest of Rockwell
Kent, 20 original Ahgupuks were
jnade into Christmas prints by the
American Artists Group of New
York City in 1945.
Ahgupuk i pronounced Ahk'-goo
puck) was here recently on his
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way home to Nome from his first
trip to Juneau and outside.
He is fascinated by the South
east Alaska's lush green scenery—
especially the trees.
“I love trees," he said while
making “a little design" for a
new friend here. “Some day I
want to live where there are lots
of them."’
Ahgupuk plans to be here again
in November. About then, or soon
er, a new edition of "Igloo Tales"
should be out, featuring a pictor
ial glossary in which Eskimo words
are not only translated into Eng
lish, but illustrated with George’s
“little designs."
The first printing of “Igloo
Tales," in lf>44, was in 3,000 copies,
the second 5,000. It is published
by the Bureau of Indian Affairs
at Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kas.
Since visiting Juneau, Ahgupuk
has spent a week in Anchorage,
where he was commissioned to do
two wall panels for a lounge in
the Parsons Hotel. He is enthus
iastic about executing murals, a
larger style which he has recentl;
adopted.
Beginning his recent two-month
trip, Ahgupuk accepted the invita
tion of a friend to attend the an
nual Intertribal Ceremonial at Gal
lup, N. M„ and enter the art show
in connection with the colorful des
ert festival.
He enterecf 25 etchings and
watercolors.
In the exhibit of work by native
artists from all over the United
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States, he won first, second, third
and grand prizes. The first award
was for one of his famous versions
of an Eskimo reindeer roundup.
His entries were in sizes ranging
from 4 by 6 inches to 10 by 36. He
was the cnly Eskimo artist repre
sented in the show.
George met several Alaska friends
in Seattle and Gallup. Elda Ja
cobson, formerly on the staff of
the Mission Nursing School at
Bethel, called to him one day on
the street in Gallup, and he also
met Vincent Benson, who used • to
teach at Igloo, and a former tea
cher at Deering.
After visiting in Coronado, Mex
ico, and Fort Bragg, Calif., Ahgu
puk went to Seattle. There, he
kept running onto old friends,
among them Howard Rock, for
merly of Point Hop-:, whose etched
designs are on many fine ivory
steak knives.
' Did you like it outside, George?”
his friend, Edward L. Keithahn
asked here.
“It was exciting,” George an
swered, "but time goes too fast.
The days are too short. You think
it is five minutes, and it has been
Qn hniir M
Traffic and city noises didn't
bother him, although he prefers
ths life and space of Shishmaref,
where he was born and lived most
of his life; or Noorvik where he
went to school; or Nome, where
he and his family moved two years
ago.
On his first visit to Juneau, he
exchanged reminiscences with Kei
ffcahn, who was his teacher in
Shishmaref from 1923 to 1925, and
whom he had not seen since grade
school days.
"Remember when we go hunt
ing?" George asked the Juneauite.
Followed more “remember whens."
Keithahn translated the Eskimo
folk stories for “Igloo Tales” while
he was at Shishmaref, but the book
“hung around” until the '40's when
Ahgupuk illustrated the stories.
When told that “Igloo Tales” has
sold almost 8.0G0 copies, someone
said, “I hope you get fine royal- I
ties.”
“Guess we think sinik-puk that
time," was Ahgupuk’s comment. I
(“Sinik-puk” means “big sleep” in j
Innuit.)
Asked what his name means in
his language, George arose, stood
straight, then hunched his should
ers. “Big Stoop, I guess you say.”
The artist was about 12 year old :
when he went school to the present
Museum curator. He married an- j
other of Keithahn's pupils, Kara
Allckeck, whose father was a prom
inent reindeer man in Shishmaref.
They have four children whose
names, English and Innuit, and
ages are: Ruth Kukvilenna. 11;
Henry Kukozoak, 10; Ralph Onna
nook, 6; and Stella Unalena, 4.
Keithahn has an album of Ah
gupuk's school-day drawings, and
there are two characteristic Ahgu
puk wall panels in the Museum.
One is an example of his earlier
panels; that at the University of
Alaska Museum is about 1929, he
thinks.
Ahgupuk has made more than 30
of these large panels which
depict phases of Eskimo life ana
contain the inspiration for many
smaller compositions. Each takes
at least three weeks to make, work
ing steadily at it.
Besides visiting the Museum and
seeing Juneau friends, Ahgupuk
visited townspeople who are pa
tients at the Government Hospital.
He sailed to the westward on the
Alaska, planning to be in Anchor
age for at least a week. He is to
do two wall panels for a hotel
lounge there.
George will have been away two
months when he sees his family
again in Nome. He expects to be
back in Juneau fo" a while in
November.
TRINITY GUILD BAZAAR
Plum puddings, doll clothes,
Christmas cards, hand-work, plas
tics, wdiite elephants, magazines,
tea. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2-5 p.m. in
the church undercroft. 652-4t
MINNIE FIELD
RETIRES; NICKELS
PURCHASE HOME
After IS years of active operation
of the Minfield Home, Miss Minnie
Field has sold her property to Mr.
and Mrs. Peter J. Nickel of Auk Bay,
who have taken over the manage
ment of the Minfield Home and
school.
Minnie Field, who has been called
"Alaska's greatest mother,” came
to Alaska more than thirty years
ago and was employed in the Fed
eral Jail under four United States
Marshals, Tanner. Beaumont, White
and Mahoney.
Before her retirement she had
started her home for dependent
children and took over its active
management when she left federal
employ.
Mr. and Mrs. Nickel have been in
Alaska for the past six years. For
three years they lived in Douglas
then moved to Auk Bay where they
have a home.
The liickels will continue to live
at Auk Bay, and a new building
constructed on their property last
summer, will continue to be used
as a “Gospel Service Center,” which
includes the K.Y.B. Club Time
Bible Book Store and Library.
“Minfield” will continue to be
the name of the home and school
and the operation will be that of
a children’s home, Mr. Nickel said.
“We hope within a short time to
have trained workers at the Min
field Home who will also act as
supervisors for the children. We
plan to make improvements at the
home so that its standards will be
equal to homes in the states. It is
our plan, too, to cooperate with the
Territory’s welfare agencies,” Mi
Nickel said.
Visitors will be welcomed at the
Minfield Home and regular visiting
days and hours will be announced,
the new management said.
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predate the continued good will of j
the community which has been i
helpfutl to Miss Minnie Field in the
years she operated the home. I
Subject of articles in national1
magazines for the unique qaulity of
the big-hearted manner in which
he conducted her home, Miss Field
,ays that it is difficult for her to
’eave "her children,” but she is
ired and needs rest. She is retiring
io Juneau and until she can find
m apartment, her home is at the
Bastineau Hotel.
*5 FLY WITH ALASKA
COASTAL YESTERDAY
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Alaska Coastal Airlines carried
15 passengers to various points yes
erday. To Ketchikan: J. M. VVan
berg. Mel Anderson and Bill Board
man.
To Petersburg: Mona Young, Mr.
and Mrs. E. Baikstrom. ^
To Hoonah: Mrs. George Mayeda,!
Frank Sharkley, Earl Fleming.
To Angoon: Hugh Wade, C. R. j
Mountjoy, Annie Joseph.
To Skagway: Mrs. D. Winning-'
hoff.
To Pt. Retreat: Ken Martin.
To Tenakee: D. Kodzasoff, T. P.
Hansen.
From Ketchikan: Dr. E. Graves
From Wrangell: John and Cor
ine Dunn.
From Petersburg: Amy Rude,
Richard Rahte.
From Haines: E. K. Powell.
From Skagway: W. C. McDonald.
Eighteen traveled between Ju
neau and Sitka yesterday. To Sitka:
Marie Peterson. Mrs. Whitlock, D.
P. Scuddcr, Clint Holmes, Major
Jelsma, Henry Moy, Jr„ R. W. Rad
cliffe, R. E. Couniriman, William
Clavier.
From Sitka: Mrs. Thomas. Mr.
and Mrs. P. K. John, Thomas Jim
my, Mrs. Ove L. Lindstrom, Major
Jelsma, G. Katongan, Carl Hall.
HOSPITAL NOTES
Admitted to St. Ann's Hospital
vesterday were Mrs. Betty Norman,
Mrs. Henry N. Nelson, Master Den
ais Shannon, Master Richard Sor
bet, and Mrs. Edward Poole. This
morning Louise Ward. Margaret
Hollingsworth, Richard McRoberts
and Stanley Bowers.
Dismissed yesterday were Fred
Fraser, Mrs. Robert Druxman, and
Mrs. Thomas George.
EMBLEM CLUB NO. 90
Roll call night Nov. 9 at 8 p.m.
Vl members urged to attend.
Bring your white elephant. Games.
Refreshments. 653-2t
SINGLE BID MADE ON i
INDOOR RIFLE RANGE
The only bid for the National
Guard indoor rifle range was receiv
ed from the Berg Construction Com
pany yesterday. The bid was for
$13,795.75 with the range to be i
completed 60 days after acceptance |
if the bid by the National Guard
Bureau, Washington, D. C. Accep
tance of the bid is expected next
veek.
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