Poldine Carlo Explained

Poldine Carlo
Birth Name:Poldine Demoski
Birth Date:5 December 1920
Birth Place:Nulato, Territory of Alaska, U.S.
Death Place:Fairbanks, Alaska, U.S.
Occupation:Author
Children:8 (including Kathleen Carlo)

Poldine Demoski Carlo (December 5, 1920 – May 9, 2018) was an American author and an elder of the Koyukon Alaskan Athabaskans, native people of Alaska.

Born in Nulato, Territory of Alaska, Carlo was a founding member of the Fairbanks Native Association (FNA) and also served for the Alaska Bicentennial Commission board, as well as a consultant for the Tanana Chiefs Conference (TCC).[1] She was the author of Nulato: An Indian Life on the Yukon, which was dedicated in memory of her son, Stewart, who died in 1975 in an auto accident.[2]

Carlo married William "Bill" Carlo in 1940. The marriage produced eight children: five sons (William Jr., Kenny, Walter, Glenn and Stewart), and three daughters (Dorothy, Lucy and Kathleen). She resided in Fairbanks, Alaska,[3] where she died on May 9, 2018 at the age of 97.[4]

A building in downtown Fairbanks owned by FNA was christened the Poldine Carlo Building in her honor.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Poldine Carlo . Engman . Eric . . December 26, 2012 . December 25, 2013.
  2. Web site: Poldine Carlo . Project Jukebox . . https://web.archive.org/web/20131226062652/http://jukebox.uaf.edu/fna/htm/pcarlopg.htm . December 26, 2013 . December 26, 2013 . dead.
  3. Book: Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary . 66 . . 9780203801048 . December 25, 2013. Bataille . Gretchen M. . Lisa . Laurie . 12 June 2001 . Taylor & Francis .
  4. Web site: Boyce . Roy . Alaska Native elder Poldine Carlo dies . . May 9, 2018 . November 26, 2024 . subscription.
  5. Web site: Clark . Darrell . FNA's Dr. Poldine Carlo honored with building name . . August 11, 2018 . November 26, 2024.