Poldine Carlo
American author and Koyukon elder (1920–2018)
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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.
December 5, 1920
Poldine Carlo | |
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.jpg) 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 |
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).[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]
