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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 Raven and The Pup - Student Encounters

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The Raven and The Pup

This one cold afternoon as my friends and I were walking to the store during lunch break, we spotted a Raven having a little fun with a pup outside Boliver's house. When we got to the porch of the Co-op store I watched the Raven play with the pup for awhile.

The pup was playing with something long that looked like a piece of skin. The Raven then went over and started tugging on the end of it. It looked like a sort of tug-of-war match. The Raven tugged it away from the pup. Then suddenly the pup ran towards the Raven and snatched the skin away from him. Then they both went at it again, both pulling away at the skin. When the pup pulled it away he looked as if he wanted the Raven to pull at it again. He dropped the piece of skin and then attacked the Raven. The Raven flew a few feet and landed again. The pup tried chasing it but as soon as the pup got near the Raven he turned right around and chased the pup back a few feet. When the pup noticed the Raven's back was turned again the pup ran up and almost bit a tail feather off. The Raven flew up a few feet in the air and landed about 10 or 12 feet in front of the pup. When the pup attacked again, the Raven counterattacked. After he chased the pup away Raven just stood and waited for the next round. When the pup took off again toward the Raven, he flew off never to return. He seemed bored with the pup and probably went off in search of something else to bother.

By: Fred Alstrom

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