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)[1] 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).[2] 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.[3]

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.[4]

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

Notes and References

  1. http://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/alaska-native-elder-poldine-carlo-dies/article_922ee2c6-53fd-11e8-a754-7f81b0b8f19a.html Alaska Native elder Poldine Carlo dies
  2. Web site: Poldine Carlo . Engman . Eric . December 26, 2012 . Fairbanks Daily News-Miner . December 25, 2013.
  3. Web site: Poldine Carlo . Project Jukebox . December 25, 2013.
  4. Book: Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary . . 9780203801048 . December 25, 2013. Bataille . Gretchen M. . Lisa . Laurie . 12 June 2001 . Taylor & Francis .