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Unangam Adaan Maqam Malganangin
Unangam Adaan Maqam Malganangin is an online repository of Unangan cultural and historical information and documents.
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Island Times Visits
Individuals discuss their lives in the Pribilof's and the changes the islands have seen from the 1970's to the present.

Story Visits
Snippets in Unangam Tunuu from two elder visits where they discussed life from the 1940s to the present.
Conversations in Unangam Tunuu
Andronik Kashevarof Speaking Unangam Tunuu 1996
Andronik Kashevarof speaking sentences in Unangam Tunuu. This recording was made by the UCLA Phonetics Lab on May 7, 1996.
Ella Kashevarof Speaking Unangam Tunuu 1996
Elekonida “Ella” Kashevarof speaking sentences in Unangam Tunuu. This recording was made by the UCLA Phonetics Lab on May 8,
George Rukovishnikoff Speaking Unangam Tunuu
George “Ruk” shares some of his daily routine in Unangam Tunuu. This audio was done by the UCLA Phonetics Lab
Gregory Fratis Sr. 1996 Short Story
Gregory Fratis Sr. telling a personal short story in Unangam Tunuu. This audio was done by the UCLA Phonetics Lab
Marva Melovidov Speaking Unangam Tunuu
Marva Melovidov speaking sentences in Unangam Tunuu. This audio was done by the UCLA Phonetics Lab on May 6, 1996.
WW2 Evacuation of St. Paul Island by Mary Bourdukofsky
Using Unangam Tunuu, Mary Bourdukofsky of St. Paul Island gives an account of her experiences during the evacuation of St.
Island Times Visits
Story Visits
Gregory Fratis Sr. 2022 Story Visits – Bathing
Bathing in earlier times: from children in pails to elders in steam baths.
Gregory Fratis Sr. 2022 Story Visits – Change in Diet
Transition from eating mostly local foods from the land and sea around us to the American diet we still use
Gregory Fratis Sr. 2022 Story Visits – Childhood
Gregory Fratis Sr. communicates about his life growing up in a house with eight siblings.
Gregory Fratis Sr. 2022 Story Visits – Halibut
The excitement of catching halibut and distributing it throughout the village and how it was prepared and eaten.
Gregory Fratis Sr. 2022 Story Visits – Local Foods
The different kinds of local foods eaten and the importance of them to our health
Gregory Fratis Sr. 2022 Story Visits – Values
Gregory communicates on his differences and transitions in values from his childhood to the present.
Moses Dirks 2023 Story Visit – Atkans in the Pribilofs
Moses shares about how men from Atka would go to St. Paul Island and St. George Island to work in
Moses Dirks 2023 Story Visit – Collecting to Create Resources
Moses shares about traveling between villages to record speakers and their way of speaking to create books.
Moses Dirks 2023 Story Visit – Compiling (cont’d)
Moses shares about the use of wax cylinder recordings made by Waldemar Jochelson, work done by Gordon H. Marsh in
Moses Dirks 2023 Story Visit – Compiling Previously Made Resources
Moses shares about the work compiling the earlier made resources by Waldemar Jochelson, Leonty Sivtsov etc. to transcribe from the
Moses Dirks 2023 Story Visit – Early Work in Unangax̂ Communities
Moses shares of starting work with Knut Bergsland, traveling to communities throughout the Unangax̂ region to check older data and
Moses Dirks 2023 Story Visit – Experience Working Between St. Paul and St. George
Upon being asked the similarities and differences in Unangam Tunuu spoken in St. George and St. Paul at the time
Moses Dirks 2023 Story Visit – Origins and Early Life
Moses Qagidax̂ Dirks introduces himself and gives insight of how much Unangam Tunuu of the Niiĝuĝim dialect was spoken in
Moses Dirks 2023 Story Visit – Qawalangim Tunuu Speaker in Atka
Being asked if he’d worked with Fr. Ishmael Gromoff, Moses shares of the visits Fr. Ishmael would make to Atka
Moses Dirks 2023 Story Visit – Working with Qawalangim Tunuu/Beginnings of Classes in Schools
Moses shares of working with Nick Galaktionoff in Unalaska getting Qawalangim Tunuu language to be used in classrooms. Difficulties of
Father Michael Interviews
Father Michael Interviews – Tape 1 Side A
Lestenkof, Michael February to May 1994 Tape 1, Side A Starring, SPI: Starosta John Misikin: Flag, Cloth ceiling, Porfiry Pankov-
Father Michael Interviews – Tape 1 Side B
Lestenkof, Michael February to May 1994 Tape 1, Side B Sealers’ Club [continued], Hooverson. Managing selves-community. Work for wages instead
Liturgy
Christmas Liturgy 1968 Ss. Peter and Paul Church
Archpriest Michael Lestenkof and then-deacon Paul Merculief January 7, 1968
Christmas Liturgy Gospel 1968
Read by Reader/Choir Director Iliodor “Eddie” MerculieffPhoto credit: Iliodor Henry
Prayer Before Communion
Prichastim Muulitvaa Mangiyux̂takuqing Guuspudax̂ kayux samtakuqing, hinga maagusa |ristusam, Aguuĝum
Historical Documents
Genealogy and Census
Pribilof Islands, Alaska: A Historical Account Told Through Illustrated Genealogy and Census Records Excerpt from the Introduction… This book addresses the people of St.



