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Elder Interview: Mildred Black from Shungnak My name is Mildred Ulusik (?) Black. I was born in Shungnak in 1933 (?). When I was about six years old, my family moved upriver to our summer fish camp. It was named Kagiak (?). That fall, we did not return home because our big cabin in Shungnak caved in. For many years, we stayed at Kagiak year-round. We did not go into town at all. Later, we moved to Aayaluk (?) because it had a big sandbar. I had an older sister, Pearl, and an older brother, Joseph, and a younger sister, Nina. We would play by ourselves with whatever we had. We did not play all the time. We worked hard, but we had fun while working. At camp, I learned from our mom how to take care of fish and how to dry fish. The fish needs to be cleaned and scaled before you hang it on the rack to dry. It needs to be turned from the sun. When the fish is cut too thick, it does not dry. It will be raw. You have to watch it very carefully. In summer, my uncle would go to different places to check for berri