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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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Many Miles to Get a Moose

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Many Miles to Get a Moose

"Garrett, Richie, Joel, Uppa-boy and I got ready to go out hunting on the 6th of September. Then we went up to Big Bend Slough just below Holy Cross. The night we got there we just missed two bulls. Then we pitched camp and went to bed because it was getting late. The next day when we went out hunting we saw nothing but a cow moose. The next morning we decided to look for moose in Raspberry Slough at the lower end of Big Bend Slough. But we didn't see anything, so we went up to Holy Cross. While we were up there we bought some grub and gas, then we went back down river.

Richie and I finally caught our two moose in Raspberry Slough. After we butchered them, we brought the meat back to our camp. That same night we all played at being Indians by dancing around the fire.

The next morning we skinned the legs and then cut the ribs off the backbone. After that, Loots and I went out again to see if we could find a moose for him, but while we were out our steering cable broke. We were able to jury rig it, though, and we managed to get back to camp. While we were coming back we saw a bull moose up at Paimiut Village, but we didn't catch him. Then we came back home to Marshall."


By: Nick Fitka Jr.

As told to: David Andrew

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