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Laura
Lagstrom
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Laura Walker Lagstrom was born in Nome, Alaska.
She graduated from Covenant High School in Unalakleet and Alaska Methodist
University in Anchorage. In 1996 she began taking watercolor classes and
workshops and discovered that this was a wonderful way to express her love of
Alaska and its people.
"I am one-half Inupiat Eskimo and was raised by Mary and Edward Walker. Our family life
revolved around the subsistence hunting. fishing and gathering seasons of the
year. My mother taught me many things. In the spring, we prepared the ducks and seals my father brought home; in the
summer we would seine, cut and dry the salmon for the winter
months. We picked blueberries, cranberries, blackberries, and salmonberries for
our fruit as well as many different types of greens. We trapped
squirrels in spring and fall for parkas. My mother would tan the various animal
skins and make mukluks, parkas, slippers and hats for her family
My Eskimo name is pronounced 'Ah-gha-dtai-yak' and I was named after my grandmother, Dolly Komakhuk.
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Images copyright by
Laura Lagstrom.
All rights reserved by the
artist. Permission to use these images must be obtained in writing.
Art Cards are printed on Recycled Paper in Juneau, Alaska, USA |
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