This summer Tatiana babysat for Lena Sergie at Tatiana's place, listened to music, watched movies and helped out at home. Besides staying home, she went out with her friends for a walk, hung out by the high school, city hall and the pool hall. At the high school she played basketball, swung on the bars, and just hung out by the porch and talked. At the city hail all she did was talk with other people and tell jokes. Over at the pool hall she played pool with her friends, sat around, listened to music, played other games and hung around outside telling stories.

She also took her mom over to Bethel for a check-up, and to do some visiting and shopping. They also went to Kwethluk to visit her brother, Ephrim, and his family. When Tatiana and her mom got back from Kwethluk and Bethel their whole family went over to Russian Mission for a visit.

When they got back, Tatiana went over to the sandbar with Victor, M.J, Liz and some other people. They crossed with Katemal's boat. At the sandbar Tatiana sat around in Katemal's boat watching people swim, and she also went for a little walk with a friend of hers.

One day she went out on a boat ride with Victor, M.J., Liz, Matthew and Joe-Joe up Willow Creek for rodding and fresh air. "As we were going up," she said, "Joe-Joe, Matthew and Victor were targeting at birds. When we got inside, they started shooting at a beaver and then Victor went up to it and clubbed it with a paddle. After that we took it over to the bank and left it there because when it was in Katemal's boat it was grossing out me and M.J. because it had no nose. When we got back home, I couldn't stop thinking of that gross looking beaver."

Story by: Tatiana Sergie

Interviewed by: Mary Jane Shorty