Chernofski Nikolski Attu Atka
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1919
CHERNOFSKI VILLAGE
NIKOLSKI VILLAGE
ATKA VILLAGE
ATTU VILLAGE
extracted by Coleen Mielke 2019
The following
letter was written 6/15/1919 by the Commanding Officer of the U.S. Revenue
Cutter TAHOMA, reporting the conditions in the Aleutian villages of Chernofski,
Nikolski, Atka and Attu, as reported by D. J. Duffey, assistant surgeon.
It is rare to find village information as early as 1919.
In general, the natives of these villages live in small huts, 1/2 underground,
called barabara's. Each consist of 2 rooms and a window that is sealed
tight and never opened. One room is used for smoking and cooking fish and
in most cases, the floor is dirt. The other room is for living purposes
where usually three to six people live. They sleep on the floor and go
to the bathroom right outside of their barabara. The habit of smoking is
common among men and women.
Tuberculosis is more prevalent amoung the female natives because they remain
indoors almost all of the time, nursing the young and making baskets, while
the men are out in the fresh air hunting and fishing.
There are 45 natives in the village of CHERNOFSKI:
10 men, 20 woman and 15 children under the age of 12. This village is very
poor. Often times during the winter they are in dire need of food due to
the absence of salmon in their immediate vicinity.
I treated the following people in Chernofski Village
in 1919:
Innocent
Burinin age 10 male
Favus of scalp
John Gordef age
12 male Favus of scalp
Basil Burinin age 6
male Favus of scalp
Sophia Burinen age 4
female Favus of scalp
Evfing Burinen age 1
male TB
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There are 87 natives in the village of NIKOLSKI:
31 men, 27 women and 29 children under the age of 12. This village is better
off than Chernofski.
I treated the following people in Nikolski Village
in 1919:
Peter Surorof age 40
male TB
Anestasia Ermetop age 52
female TB
Rulinia Charkasn age 36
female TB
Vassa Charkasn age 39
female TB
Agrapp Surorof age 42
female TB
Peligia Cherkasn age 49
female TB
Nathalia Krukof age 27
female TB
Eudokia Dorofef age 29
female TB
Hartinia Surorof age 37
female TB
Exgenia Brukof age 33
female TB
Evodiak Charkasn age 24
female TB
John Surorof age 48
male Trachoma
Vassa Bezyazikof age 48
female Trachoma
Alexander Charcasn age 76 male
Trachoma
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There are 77 natives in the village of ATKA:
25 males, 22 women and 30 children under the age of 12. The hygiene condition
of the natives of Atka is the best of any village. Their barabara's are
on ground level and nearly all have plank floors, due to the effort of the
school teacher.
I treated the following people in the village of
ATKA in 1919:
Fionin Neozorof age 31
female TB
Agafia Peskenkof age 34
female TB
John Nevorof age 38
male Sprained wrist
Theovor Dolia age 38
male TB
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There are 55 natives in the village of ATTU:
18 men, 21 women and 16 children under the age of 12.
I treated the following people in ATTU in 1919:
Nataly Hudiokof age 41
female Blind **
Auisia Prokopiof age 23
female TB
Metroplay Golodof age 47
male Rheumatism
Vassa Prokopiof age 36
female Rheumatism
Vera Kourof age
47 female TB
Marey Prokopiof age 45
female TB
Neudodora Golodof age 59
female TB
Cathenni Kudikof age 34
female TB
Eufocenea Prokopiof age 63 female
Heart
**Nataly Hudiokof is completely blind, but
does remarkable basket work.