DELIA STONE

“I was born around here, in the old town site. I am 84 now. I still make parkas (traditional fur coats). I have made lots of jackets for my husband, he is in heaven. I would make him jackets, everything. I always worked. When I was a single teenager, I always help my mom and dad when they would catch a ugruk (bearded seal). My mom always worked, I tried to be like that.” — Delia Stone is an Inupiaq elder who lives in Point Hope, Alaska.