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Begich Middle School 2008 |
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Anchorage |
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| Destination One - Cultural Ambassador Photos |
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Sean Murphy |
Gaje
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Mauricia |
Pauline |
Sarah |
Doua |
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| Destination One - Community Profile |
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The Cultural Ambassador Team
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Our beautiful new school from the air |
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A place where people gather: Our lunch room
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This is our principal. We think she is the best principal.
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| Destination Two: |
You Might Be From Anchorage IF...
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~ you wear a parka
~ you are an Ace’s fan
~ you have been to H2Oasis
~ you have seen a moose cross the street
~ you get stuck in traffic on your way home
~ you enjoying snowboarding or skiing
~ you ride the People Mover
~ you go shopping downtown
~ you go to Saturday Market
~ you celebrate Fur Rendezvous
~ you have seen the start of the Iditarod
~ you have visited the animals at the zoo
~ have seen an Alaska Wild football game
~ you have been to Century 16 (the movie theater)
~ you have been to Bear’s Tooth or Moose’s Tooth
~ you have visited Ted Steven’s International Airport
~ you have been to a concert at the Sullivan Arena
~ you have been to the Alaska Native Heritage Center
~ you know who Snowzilla is
~ you have seen the ice sculptures
~ you have been to a Seawolves athletic event
~ you have participated in or seen the Running with the Reindeer
~ you have been to a Hmong New Year Celebration
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| Destination Three: |
Highlights from our team's expectations for their exchange
see more on the Personal Profiles |
Name one thing that you are most looking forward to learning when in your Sister School community: I'm looking forward to learning different traditions.
Name another thing you are looking forward to: I would also like to meet other people my age.
Name another thing you are looking forward to: I would be looking forward to see what kind of food they eat. |
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| Destination Five: |
| View our plan to welcome our visiting Cultural Ambassadors |
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| Destination Six: |
Highlights from our team's thoughts about being a Cultural Ambassador
see more on the Personal Profiles |
What are some things you have learned about being a Cultural Ambassador that really stood out to you?: Having that feeling that there is a way different world out there that I have never seen. Being a culture ambassador is something that I have always wanted to be, i have lived in Alaska my whole life and I do not know how a TRUE alaskan lives.
How do you feel about your role as a Cultural Ambassador?: I feel lucky. I have always wanted to learn about a different culture that I have not learned yet and know i have he chance.
Do you feel ready to represent your own culture?: yes i do, i feel comfortable with myself.
To learn from others?: yes, i wanna learn so much when i go on this trip.
What are the important things for this team to remember to do to be good Cultural Ambassadors?: Take people for who they are not for how they look or act because everyone is equal! |
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| Destination Seven: The First Time We Meet |
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| Thoughts from our team about our first day of the exchange |
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| Go to the Personal Profiles |
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| Destination Seven: Getting Reacquianted |
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Together again at our new Nicholas Begich school in Anchorage.
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Sledding together at Elmendorf AFB.
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Visiting our community and checking out the planes on Elmendorf Air Force base.
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| Thoughts from our team about getting reacquainted |
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| Go to the Personal Profiles |
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| Area for Exploration One: One Thing We Must See Or Experience When We Go To Deering: |
| Inupiaq Day- Making and Sharing Food |
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What we learned. We learned that a lot of the time people living in Rural areas have to improvise and make their own tools or modify their machines to what they need in the village.
The students learned how hard of work it is to make and prepare foods. While cutting up meat for Eskimo salad they were very aware of how much their backs hurt. |
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Working together to make Eskimo Salad |
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| Area for Exploration Two |
| Travel Adventure |
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What we learned. |
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Everyday Life Tasks-"Getting Water" |
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| Area for Exploration Three |
| Meet with Village Elder |
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What we learned.:When making the eskimo salad we learned all about the preservation of the different meats used by the village. We learned how they render the seal fat to make oil, which was different from how some of us learned from other native groups in Alaska. We also were told how they hunt for seal and their techniques on processing the animal. |
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Millie teaching us to make bread |
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| Destination Eleven: Our First Week Together |
| Closing circle thoughts from our team on the first exchange |
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| Go to the Personal Profiles |
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| Destination Eleven: Our Final Time Together |
| Closing circle thoughts from our second (and final) exchange |
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| Go to the Personal Profiles |
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| Destination Twelve: Last Words |
| Final thoughts from our team about the journey |
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| Go to the Personal Profiles |
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