Poldine 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.

Poldine Carlo
Poldine Carlo greets a visitor during the 2014 World Eskimo Indian Olympics
Born	Poldine Demoski December 5, 1920 Nulato, Territory of Alaska, U.S.
Died	May 9, 2018 (aged 97) Fairbanks, Alaska, U.S.
Occupation	Author
Spouse(s)	William "Bill" Carlo ​ ​ (m. 1940)​
Children	8 (including Kathleen Carlo)

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.

References

1. Alaska Native elder Poldine Carlo dies
2. Engman, Eric (December 26, 2012). "Poldine Carlo". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. Retrieved December 25, 2013.
3. "Poldine Carlo". Project Jukebox. Retrieved December 25, 2013.
4. Bataille, Gretchen M.; Lisa, Laurie (12 June 2001). Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. Google Books. ISBN 9780203801048. Retrieved December 25, 2013.