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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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Thirty-five Dollars by Emily Soolook

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Thirty-five Dollars

"This summer I enjoyed the boat rides to the sandbar. On July 10th I joined about twenty other kids who went over to the sandbar right across from Marshall. We were chaperoned by two Campfire Instructors from Fairbanks. I hung out all night there with my friends Diane, John Thomas, Morgan, Carlie, Carlene, Jolene, Jenetta and Aaron. If we weren't chatting in the tent, we were swimming or warming up by the fire. It was fun on the first day we were there because Rose, Richard and Girlie came by the sandbar and swam and talked with us until 5:00 A.M.

I also participated in the city clean-up. I picked about 35 bags of trash in three days. I was getting paid one dollar a bag and earned about $35.00. The day after the last day of picking up trash I attended the picnic at the airport sponsored by the city. There I received my $35.00, ate a hamburger and played lap game.

On the 8th of August I felt the urge to pick berries for my mom. I found a three gallon bucket, grabbed some snacks, and headed up to the tundra around the new airport road. About an hour and a half later, I got tired of being bitten by bugs, so I picked up my half-filled bucket and started to walk home. When I looked back at where I was squatting and saw mosquitoes and gnats following me, I started to run. I ran until I reached the Armory. There I hid from the bugs for a while. After resting and munching down I walked home."

By: Emily Soolook

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