RHODA AHGOOK

“My name is Rhoda Ahgook. My Inupiaq name is Tatkavina. I was born on the Siksik River on February 20, 1930, in the trees somewhere. It was so far to the east, people would go to Fort Yukon and go to the general store there. From the Siksik River we moved to Killik River, from the Killik River we moved here, we did 'the long walk,' the 100 mile walk. In the summer we all moved here and settled here. We were very poor growing up, my dad had hardly any shells for the gun, now look at us.” — Rhoda Ahgook is Inupiaq and lives in Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska.