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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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Don't Do Dat Matt

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Don't Do Dat Matt

Matthew was a very cute chubby baby. Before he was born I was so sure that he was going to be a girl, so I had ordered him some girl clothes. But we had him use them only once. As he grew into his toddler years he became very spoiled all because of me. Every night after going to see him I would have a hard time leaving because he would cry very hard for me. Sometimes I would have to spend the night at his house even if I didn't want to.

He loved for me to take him walking outside during the warm summer evenings. Every day I would bring him to Uppa and Umma's house, then in the evenings I would I take him home. His favorite words were "Don't do dat!" We loved taking him to the sandbar because he loved to play in the water and on the sandbar.

As he got older his attachment for me became less. He was starting to go out on his own with his friends and I hardly got to see him anymore. Now when he stops at his Uppa's house that's the only time I get to see him. All this seems like yesterday when he was just a little boy.

By: Linda Owletuck

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