Subsistence Life

April 20, 2011 by admin
Vera Spein in here home, Kwethluk, Alaska
Three generations of The Spein family, Kwethluk, Alaska
Vera Spein hangs salmon to dry at her fish camp near Kethluk, Al
Traditional ulu with salmon at fish camp, Kwethluk, Alaska
Yupik elder, Olinka K. Nicolai, at her home in Kwethluk, Alaska
Vera Spein tends a fire to smoke salmon in her smoke house at fi
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Subsistence blueberry picking, Alaska
Ilarion J. Nicolai and Brian Spein hunt ducks on small lake near
Olinka Nicoli and daughter in traditional Kuspuks, Kwethluk, Yup
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Subsistence berry picking, Kwethluk, Alaska
Vera Spein in here home, Kwethluk, Alaska Three generations of The Spein family, Kwethluk, Alaska Vera Spein hangs salmon to dry at her fish camp near Kethluk, Al Traditional ulu with salmon at fish camp, Kwethluk, Alaska Yupik elder, Olinka K. Nicolai, at her home in Kwethluk, Alaska Vera Spein tends a fire to smoke salmon in her smoke house at fi alaska-subsistence-life-0761 Subsistence blueberry picking, Alaska Ilarion J. Nicolai and Brian Spein hunt ducks on small lake near Olinka Nicoli and daughter in traditional Kuspuks, Kwethluk, Yup alaska-subsistence-life-0332 Subsistence berry picking, Kwethluk, Alaska

Subsistence Family The village of Kwethluk, in western Alaska, is a gritty tundra community of approximately 300 Yup’ik Eskimos where many of the inhabitants are involved in year-round subsistence activities. Over the past twelve years, I have documented the lives of Peter and Vera Spein, their grandparents, parents, children, grandchildren and friends as they live, work, and survive with but a few of the basic tools of the modern world.