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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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Swans

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SWANS
I remember last year
when I was
walking along side
the mountain
during early spring
and I heard
the deep trumpets of
a swan.
Which drew me slowly
as if in a dream
to look around and
up and I saw
there all at once
that the swans
had arrived
flock after flock,
and what a beautiful sight it was
when I saw them gliding
slowly
down
to the
tundra
with their wings spread out wide
finally
landing on the tundra
still covered with snow,
with the promise that
spring is here.

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