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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 Man and The Monster

A long time ago this man was getting crazy in the head because he ate something bad. He never listened to his parents. So one day his father made his son go into the sea. And the crazy man did as his father wished. As he was pad-dling he saw a big monster far ahead. The crazy man was getting scared and he tried to hurry and paddle as fast as he could to the land. When the big monster saw the man he started traveling faster toward the man. The man was getting so scared he quit paddling and his eyes became really big. His heart sometimes couldn't even beat because he was so scared. When the monster caught up with the man he said, "Your dad told me that you got crazy" But the man didn't want to answer the monster so the monster yelled again, "Why have you gotten crazy?"

The man said scaredly, "I, I ate something and I don't kno, know what i, i it wa, was but I,I thought it was good foo,food to,to eat." The monster said, "Let's see, open your mouth." The man opened his mouth and then the monster examined his teeth.The monster said, "I'm going to get something that will cure your craziness, so stay right there." The monster went to get the curing thing and let the man drink from it and cured him. The man then went home and told the story about the monster to his father and mother. He was very thankful for the monster indeed.

By: Stella Walker

Angun Cissirrpak-llu

Aka tamaani una angun ussvirr-yualerruliiniuq. Nasskuani tuaigg cameng assilngumeng nerelrullii- nuiq. Niitevvkenak angaiyukai. Akwauwaggpak aatii kenerrtengiinalruuk tuaigg imarpigmun aiyavv-karluku. Usviqerluq ayaliniiluni imarpigmun. Cissirrpaggmeng tang-ertuq yaqvvani ayalimiluni. Usviq-luq alingluni pataggangnaqluni anguamiggneng nunamun. Cissirr-paglu tangerrluku anguteq cukaang-inarrlunillu angun paaggun. Angun alingssiarluni taqluni anguamerrmeng irrpaurlunillu. Irrcakuallu ayarpiarcirrakunani alingssiyami. Cissirrpam tekitaa angun watenllu kanerlunillu, "Aatan qanrutel-ruanga qissartellruten!" Angun Tuqlurumiinaku. Cissirrpak ar- perraluni qanertuk, "Ciin kiarr-tellrusit?" Angun alingkapirluni qanertuk, "Cameng nerellruunga, nalluaqa cameng nerelka, assilra-meng neqkameng piuakelkaka." Cissiirpak qanertuq, "Kiitak kan- ranikirrteqrru." Angun ikirrtaa kanrii tua-llu cissirrpam urr- viggiluki tua-llu cariluku ilak- uaneng neqkameng keggutini. Cissirrpak kanertuq, "Aqvvakatar- tua imkuciimeng issirinara us- virtelneng, wiitaa wani." Ciss-irrpak akvvarrtuq asirrkirkemeng ellinun angun mevvkarrlukilu tua- llu assirrivvkarluku.

Angun utertuk qanemciluni aatiinun, ananillu quyakapigg- lunillu cissirrpagmun.

By

Stella Walker

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