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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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* Edible and Useful Plants of Scammon Bay

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EDIBLE AND USEFUL PLANTS OF SCAMMON BAY, ALASKA

In doing this project, the Upward Bound Program in Keggatmiut High School here in Scammon Bay had one important central idea in mind, that is, to involve students both in their natural environment and in their village community through a project that would be of practical use to them.

In realizing this goal, our game plan included several objectives, among them:

  1. learning about some of the plants that were and are edible and useful to the people of Scammon Bay;
  2. communicating with Scammon Bay elders in Yupik about these plants to learn their uses, etc.;
  3. in communicating with the elders, to gain practice with their Yupik language and also to learn some new words and names that were and are important to the people of Scammon Bay;
  4. learning how to interview with and without tape recorders;
  5. gaining experience in transcribing and translating from Yupik to English;
  6. learning about plant taxonomies;
  7. learning how to put this information together in a form that could also benefit others who may be curious;
  8. providing a written product for people to reference in the future when this plant knowledge will again be imperative to have.

We hope those who read this product may benefit as much as we have from our hard work.

Upward Bound Students of Keggatmiut High School

Barbara Hunter
Laura Hunter
Clifford Kaganak
Joseph Strongheart
Bruno Kasayuli Jr.
Steven Walker
Johnny Ulak
and teacher: Frank Keim

Students gathering information for "Edible and Useful Plants" project


Upward Bound students doing field work for project up at Magayat Rocks

Knowledge Check

Atsaq
Salmonberry, Cloudberry
Rubus chamaemorus

Blaise and Cristene Tinker/Steven Walker

Puyuragaq
Nagoonberry
Rubus arcticus

Lizy Strongheart/Steven Walker

Cillkaq
Fireweed (tall & dwarf)
Epilobium (angustifolium and latifolium)

Agnes Aguchak/Steven Walker

Qipaliunguaq
Beach Cinquefoil
Potentilla pacifica

Mariann Sundown/F. Keim

Kuaggciq
Arctic dock
Rumex arctica

Alice Amukon/Steven Walker

Nasqupaguaq
"Head plant" or Arrowleaved Sweet Coltsfoot
Petasites sagittatus

Lizy Strongheart/Steven Walker

Caklluq
Rosefoot
Sedum rosea

Mariann Sundown/Byron Ulak

Anllaq
Bur Reed
Sparganium multipedunculatum

Mariann Sundown/Barb Hunter

Quunarliaraat
Mountain Sorrel
Oxalis alpina

Theresa Hunter/Barbara Hunter

Mertam neqait
Lousewort
Pedicularis lanata

Mariann Sundown/Barbara Hunter

Tayaruq
Marestail
Hippurus Vulgaris

Alice Amukon/Laura Hunter

Plugutaq
Coltsfoot
Petasites frigida

Mamie Ulak/Laura Hunter

Teptukuyuk
Yarrow
Achillea sibirica

Alice Amukon & Mike Joe Sr./Byron Ulak

Cayggluk
Wormwood
Artemisia Campestris

Mamie Ulak/Laura Hunter

Kumaurutet
Sphagnum Moss
Sphagnum magellanicum

Pete Ulak/Laura Hunter

Kapukaraq
Pallas Buttercup
Ranunculus Pallasii

Bruno Kasayuli Sr./Byron Ulak

Cingqulliktaaq
Bunchberry
Cornus Canadensis

Alice Amukon/Byron Ulak

Tarnaq
Cow Parsnip
Heracleum lanatum

Agnes Aguchak/Clifford Kaganak

Ikituq
Wild Celery
Angelica lucida

Agnes Aguchak/Clifford Kaganak

Ayuq
Tundra tea
Ledum decumbens

Mamie Ulak/Barbara Hunter

Bearberry
Kavlak
Arctostaphylos alpina

Liz Kasyuli/Bruno K.

Palukutaq

Palukutaq

Deer Mushroom

Bolete

Pluteus Cervinus

Leccinum sp.

Lizzie Strongheart/Joseph Strongheart

Agautaq
Twisted Stalk
Streptopus amplexifolius

Lizzie Strongheart/Joseph Strongheart

Tanegerpak
Blackberry or Curlewberry
Empetrum nigrum

Agnes Aguchak/Cliff K.

Quguyuguaq
Mastodon Flower
Senecio congestus

Agnes Aguchak/Clifford Kaganak

Cetuguaq
Spreading Wood Fern
Dryopteris austriaca

Gregory Strongheart/Joseph Strongheart

Cayuruaq
Sitka burnet
Sanguisorba sitchensis

Alice Amukon/Barbara H.

Ukayiruaq

Mellkuruaq

Cottongrass

Cottongrass

Eriophorum angustifolium

Eriophorum Scheuzeri

Mariann Sundown/Laura Hunter

Cupuruaq
Birch
Betula nana

Teddy Sundown/Bruno K.

Cukvvaguaq
Alder
Alnus tenufolia

Liz Kasayuli/Bruno K.

Tumuageliq
Cranberry
Vaccinium vitis

Elizabeth K./Bruno K.

Uqvvikaq
Willow
Salix pulchra

Dorothy Kasayuli/Bruno K.

Curaq
Blueberry
Vaccinium Uliginosum

Mamie Ulak/Byron Ulak

Uqvataaraq
Spirea
Spirea beauvardiana

Alice Amukon/Barbara Hunter

Anuktutliaraat
Brook Saxifrage
Saxifraga punctata

Mike Utteryuk/Byron Ulak


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