This collection of student work is from
Frank Keim's classes. He has wanted to share these works for others
to use as an example of Culturally-based curriculum and documentation. These
documents have been OCR-scanned. These are available
for educational use only.
Clem Kameroff
Commercial
Fisherman
Clem Kameroff is a commercial
fisherman who fishes along the Yukon River. He is self-employed with
his salary depending on the price of fish and how much is bought from
the buyers. No training is necessary for his job except what he
received from his family when he was young. He attended the Bethel
High School.
Clem fishes about six to seven miles
up the Yukon River from Marshall. He works most of the time with his
wife. And he plans on working for another fifteen to twenty years.
Four of his main job responsibilities include making sure his helpers
have licenses, permit and ID renewal, hanging nets and having enough
supplies such as gas, food and whatever else is needed to
fish.
The best things about his job are
hanging the nets and drifting. The worst things about his job are
getting snags and ending up with a broken engine.
His advice to younger people is, "If
you ever plan on fishing, listen to your elders and experienced
fishermen on how to fish."
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