Tag: inupiaq
member name: Roberta Moto
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September 28, 2007 08:13 PM EDT --
In the high arctic we are used to extreme periods of light and dark. When I was a teen we traveled down to "the States" in the spring time. It was an educational experience for me. It was strange . . .
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October 26, 2008 06:39 PM EDT --
I live in a rural area and never had the opportunity to go to a live concert until Feb. 1, 2008. I was in Fairbanks, Alaska attending a week long college class for my job as a substance abuse counselor. . . .
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September 21, 2007 06:29 PM EDT --
The Inupiaq culture in mind seems to revolve around ancestor worship. I think this is the basis of our culture despite the fact that we don't go that deep into as the Chinese. One of the elders that . . .
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November 26, 2007 06:01 PM EST --
Walking in the arctic evening
I see the moon as a small disc in an endless sky
The elders have told us shamans would send their spirits to the moon
How could this little thing inspire a race . . .
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September 14, 2007 02:43 PM EDT --
“The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes
an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day
he forgives himself, he becomes wise.” ~ Alden Nowlan . . .
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September 18, 2007 08:09 PM EDT --
Someone on a different site just asked me if the ABC show Men in Trees is anything like the real Alaska. Finally understand the name of this group. Let me tell you about ARCS. It stands for the Alaska . . .
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October 16, 2007 09:03 PM EDT --
My daughter spent 6 weeks of the summer of 2006 in Fairbanks, Alaska on campus in a college preperation program for rural high school students. She earned 6 college credits during her adventure at . . .
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August 09, 2007 06:22 PM EDT --
My soul feels more at peace after I have been out on the land. An
elder once told me our healing begins with the land. When we are out
in the country we can begin to hear the voices of our ancestors in . . .
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September 25, 2007 03:59 PM EDT --
The mountains are turning blue and purple
The hills are all brown and red
The surf and tides are protesting the change of season
Soon they will be encapsuled in ice and snow
The tidal flats have changed . . .
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February 13, 2008 01:35 PM EST --
For my job as a counselor in a really small Alaskan village I had to take a class on addictions. I learned some interesting things. For people who are physically addicted to alcohol and go through withdrawals; . . .
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February 13, 2008 02:08 PM EST --
For one of my college classes I have to take for my job as a counselor we watched a great video. It was a series done in the 1990's by Father Micheal Oleksa. He discusses how things got the way they . . .
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September 17, 2007 03:16 PM EDT --
I was debating with myself about faith. Faith isn't just thinking everything will turn out for the best with no work on your part. I think that faith is understanding the world isn't perfect but . . .
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March 26, 2008 03:54 PM EDT --
This is one of my entries for myfamily.com for family history. Dorcas Karmun:
The story of Evans' grandma Dorcas is very interesting. Dorcas was the first wife of a powerful and feared shaman. . . .
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March 26, 2008 03:57 PM EDT --
Flora's grandmother Carrie Newlin lived with Flora's family when she was young and Flora remembered the stories her grandma told. When Carrie was very young the coast was terrified of the five . . .
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March 26, 2008 05:56 PM EDT --
I had taken this class over the internet and thought I would copy my assignments online and share with everyone.
<dl><dt>Entry for November 30, 2006</dt></dl>
I am taking a . . .
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October 22, 2008 03:00 PM EDT --
I have just finished reading Changelings by Anne Mccaaffery and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. It is the first book of the Twins of Petaybee series. When I was a teenager one of my teachers gave me one . . .
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August 08, 2008 09:08 PM EDT --
I watched the video, haven't read the book but maybe I will check to see if it's in the library. Couple of thoughts came to mind while watching it. It is a great movie, beautifully done, great . . .
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April 03, 2008 04:26 PM EDT --
I wanted to write a poem to put in my brother's birthday card I am getting ready for July 31. I don't like this first attempt as it seems too direct. I want to focus on healing and faith. Here . . .
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March 26, 2008 07:31 PM EDT --
I am copying my entries for the class I took in 2006 and posting them here because I heard Yahoo 360 is not going to be online much longer and that is where I saved my online entries for this web . . .
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March 26, 2008 09:09 PM EDT --
Week 9- Homes and Transportation
Homes in our area were sod houses. The roof frames were constructed of drift wood or whale ribs. Sod was removed from the area where the home was planned for and the . . .
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