Alfred Quijance, Fisherman and Subsistence Harvester. Seldovia, Alaska.

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America Works

Library of Congress

25 episodes

5 months ago

Features the voices of contemporary workers from throughout the United States talking about their lives, their workplaces, and their on-the-job experiences. Drawn from hundreds of longer oral history interviews collected by fieldworkers for the American Folklife Center's Occupational Folklife Project (OFP), America Works is a testament to the wisdom, wit, knowledge, and dedication of today's working Americans. These engaging oral histories, which have are preserved in the American Folklife Center's archive, are enriching and expanding America's historical record.

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Alfred Quijance, Fisherman and Subsistence Harvester. Seldovia, Alaska.

America Works

6 minutes 15 seconds

1 year ago

Alfred Quijance, Fisherman and Subsistence Harvester. Seldovia, Alaska.

Alfred Quijance talks with documentarian Josh Wisneski for the Alaska Marine Conservation Council’s Occupational Folklife Project “Beyond the Breakwater: Gulf of Alaska Small Boat Fishermen.” He talks about growing up in the remote Alutiiq/Sugpiaq community of Old Harbor on Kodiak Island; learning about traditional Native American seining, fishing and harvesting; and leaving at age 13 to find work on fishing boats and canneries throughout the state of Alaska.