Yup'ik/Cup'ik

Akula Elitnaurvik
This site is student-produced to express their culture in Kasigluk, Alaska.

Marshall Cultural Atlas
This collection of student work is Frank Keim's classes. He has wanted to share these works for others to use as an example of Culturally-based curriculum and documentation.

Poems by Maricia Skinna
Here are a selection of poems written by Maricia Skinna, originally from Mountain Village and now living in Klawock, Alaska.

Our Language Our Souls: The Yup'ik bilingual curriculum of the Lower Kuskokwim School District: A continuing success story.

Yupiit Culture Curriculum
This curriculum database is a draft. Yupiit School District's Yupiit Culture Curriculum serves as a template so that others could apply the format to their locale.

Native Values
The Alaska Native Values are now available online.

Dillingham City School District Curriculum Guide
The Cultural Studies Program incorporate the Yup'ik way of life into their curriculum.

Yup'ik Language and Culture Curriculum for High School, Level 1 Teacher's Guide
By Phyllis Morrow and Chase Hensel

Yupiaq Education Revisited
By Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley
Excerpt: "For the Yupiaq people, culture, knowing and living are intricately interrelated. Living in a harsh environment requires a vast array of precise empirical knowledge to survive the many risks due to conditions such as unpredictable weather and marginal food availability."

Long Nails Translation
Excerpt: "Our sixth grade students have translated this traditional Yup’ik story into English. They wrote it as part of a BreadNet electronic exchange with students from the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. Our sixth graders decided that an older, "word-by-word" translation of the story was inadequate for the project, so they decided to write a new, more fluid version for their Navajo friends."

Alaskan Orthodox Texts (Aleut, Alutiiq, Tlingit, Yup'ik)
An ongoing project offering Alaskan Orthodox Texts in their original languages (Aleut, Alutiiq, Tlingit, Yup'ik). These texts were written by Sts. Innocent (Veniaminov) and Jacob (Netsvetov) and others.

Ayaprun Elitnaurvik Yupik Immersion School
This Charter School is a Yup'ik Immersion School for Grades K-6.

Alaska Culture Exposed
This is a Yupiaq blog with links, video and audio pertaining to rural Alaska. This site began in 2005, with some rich cultural information.

BeringSea.com
Excerpt: "Our dream is to create a place for people around the Bering Sea to meet, to connect, to share, and eventually to conduct and attract business and trade.
" This site is the result of an ambitious new effort, inspired, funded, and organized by the Tanadgusix (Alaskan Native Village) People and their friends. We are a small organization of real Alaskan citizens-not some giant commercial conglomerate. Yet, with modern tools and sincere efforts we can grow this site to serve each other."

KNBA 90.3 FM's Native Word Archives
This site includes Native words with sounds from Native speakers. The languages represented are Iñupiaq, Aleut, Tlingit, Athabascan, and Yup'ik.

The Native Studies Curriculum and Teacher Development Project (NSCTD) brings together teams of teachers, elders, and community members in various parts of Alaska with university-based specialists to develop curricula on Alaska Native studies and language that is available to all schools through the internet or on CD.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Native Language Center is an excellent resource for information on the languages of Alaska Natives.

Agayuliyaraput (Our Way of Making Prayer)
The Living Tradition of Yup'ik Masks: Exploring the cultural and artistic traditions of the Yup'ik people of Southwest Alaska: A symposium. From the National Museum of the American Indian.

Lincoln's Yup'ik Eskimo Homepage
This site is from a family living in Toksook Bay, sharing information about the Yup'ik culture.

Alaska Native Heritage Center
Excerpt: "The Alaska Native Heritage Center is a gathering place that celebrates, perpetuates and shares Alaska Native cultures. Since opening in 1999, the Center has become Alaska's premier interactive cultural destination."

The University of Alaska Fairbanks is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and educational institution and is a part of the University of Alaska system.