March 28, 1986
Hello again,
For the fourth year running now the Upward
Bound class of Keggatmiut High School in Scammon Bay has produced a
small "projet d’art." This year our theme is the sea, so
we have entitled our project and publication, "The Sea Around
Us."
As you will see when delve more deeply into our
little book, it includes old stories narrated by the people of
Scammon Bay, stories of myth, imagination and experience by the
students themselves, and finally a section of student poetry on
the sea.
Not every one of the stories is about
the sea itself but they do speak of the coastal area that verges on
and
merges with the sea. All of them, in any case, include the
cumulative individual and collective life experience of the
Yupik people who live in this maritime region of the Bering Sea
coast of south west Alaska. It is this we would like to share
with those who take the time to read our "The Sea Around
Us."
We dedicate our work to Rachel Carson who once
wrote a splendid book with the same title.
Sincerely,
Frank J. Keim,
Upward Bound Teacher
and
Upward Bound Students
Marshall
Cultural Atlas
