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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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Caiggluq - Arctic Wormwood

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CAIGGLUQ- ARCTIC WORMWOOD

(Artemisia artica)

The people of Hooper Bay use a Yup'ik Eskimo medicine plant called "Caiggluq". This medicine is strong and works on people who used it to cure or heal sickness in just a few days. When the medicine is boiled and cooled it becomes dark just like tea.

Cecilia Olson, who has 7 children,says this plant really worked while they used it to heal their pains. Here is how she uses "caiggluq". She says they drink the dark liquid or rub it on the part of the body that is paining them. She doesn't know when the Yup'ik people started using it,but she said that maybe their ancestors used it a very long time ago.


Cecilia Olson.

Interviewed by

Francis H. Bell Jr.

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