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Elder Voices: Vince Pikonganna

Craggy, grassy island cliff and shoreline, wrapped in mist
King Island, June 2014. Photo courtesy of Carrie Ojanen Cockerham.



Join us for a special presentation of Elder Voices featuring King Island elder Vince Pikonganna in two interviews from 2003 and 2013.

Vince was born in Nome and spent most of his formative years on King Island, before the community was relocated to Nome.

Elder Voices: a window to the past, a door to the future.

Image at top: King Island in June of 2014. Photo courtesy of Carrie Ojanen Cockerham.

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