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Yup'ik Raven This collection of student work is from Frank Keim's classes. He wants to share these works for others to use as an example of culturally-based curriculum and documentation. These documents have been OCR-scanned and are available for educational use only.


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The Sea by Norma Charlie

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The Sea

I am the beautiful sea,
the provider for many.
You may know me
but only for what is in me.

For the beauty I hold,
it is I who chooses
to make me beautiful.
But only for those who deserve it.

For being so mysterious
and silent
it is anger and frustration
for what goes on around me.

The way I work
no one shall ever know.
For my secrets
you will never understand them.

I am the great provider
and if
you give up on me,
you shall lose me

forever.

by Norma Charlie

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