The camp allows Alaska Native students to reproduce their ancestors’ ancient designs. In the process, they learn the sorts of things rarely covered in high school history: Native heritage, technology, and a sense of place.
Students practice using hand measurements on a block of wood, preparing to carve a scale model of a Haida canoe.
Gathered around a table, Benjamin Schleifman instructed a group of six Alaska Native high school students as they carefully drew lines onto a large block of wood. The lesson was part of a three-week summer camp organized by the Cook Inlet Tribal Council, a nonprofit that serves Native communities across the Southcentral region. Participation is free and open to all Alaska Native and American Indian students. The camp is in its 5th summer.
Dustin Moses, a senior at Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School, is a former student in the program, and now helps lead it as a summer intern. Moses is Yup’ik, Inupiaq and European, and was raised in Mountain Village on the Yukon River before moving to Anchorage when he was six years old.He explained the difference between the cultural lessons here and what is taught in high school.
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