Poldine Carlo

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Poldine Carlo
Poldine Carlo greets a visitor during the 2014 World Eskimo Indian Olympics
Born	Poldine Demoski (1920-12-05)December 5, 1920 Nulato, Territory of Alaska, U.S.
Died	May 9, 2018(2018-05-09) (aged 97) Fairbanks, Alaska, U.S.
Occupation	Author
Spouse(s)	William "Bill" Carlo ​ ​ (m. 1940)​
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 (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.

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