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Buckland School 2008 |
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Buckland |
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| Destination One - Cultural Ambassador Photos |
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Matthew Berlin |
Flora |
Amelia |
Jobe |
John |
Barbara |
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| Destination One - Community Profile |
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The Cultural Ambassador Team
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This is the main street of Buckland, the old airstrip
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This is the Buckland IRA, where people meet.
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The historic place of Buckland
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This is the Mayor of Buckland - Glenna Parrish
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| Destination Two: |
| You Might Be From Buckland IF... |
1. If you get a ride from Delbert.
2 You can use a honybucket.
3. You eat muktuk.
4. You still go to school at -30 below.
5. You eat niqipiaq.
6. You know how to use the word Arrii.
7. You know how to Qivit.
8. You know what Qivit means.
9. You know your teacher's Eskimo name.
10. You hear stories of Inuquns.
11. You like to run through puddles that are not completely frozen.
12. You play out in the cold.
13. You think -20 below is warm.
14. You can make akutuq w/o a recipe.
15. You'd rather eat caribou than hamburgers.
16. You can eat patiq.
17. You know how to Eskimo dance.
18. More than half the community is related to you!
19. You know everyone's name in school.
Here is what your Sister School has to say......You might be from Buckland if...
you wear a sissauni hat
you know what sissauni means
you own a snowgo
you know the fastest way to JP's
you own an atikluk
you know how to hunt
you go to the bluffs
you don't have a doorbell |
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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 am looking forward to learning about the First Peoples of the Southeast region.
Name another thing you are looking forward to: Having my students have a positive, life-changing experience in Juneau, Alaska - the state capital.
Name one thing that you are a little worried about when you think about living in your Sister School community for the exchange: My students getting lost and not knowing what to do.
Name another thing that you are a little worried about: Not having enough funding for all the activities that my ambassadors want to do! |
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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?: That I need to represent the village, culture, language, our school, and I should be open to learn about their language, school, culture, village, and opportunities. |
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| Destination Seven: The First Time We Meet |
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| Destination Seven: Getting Reacquianted |
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Breakfast in Mrs. Goertzen's room!
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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 Juneau: |
| Visiting the Mendenhall Glacier |
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What we learned. |
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Buckland Ambassadors at the Mendenhall Glacier |
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| Area for Exploration Two |
| Learn the Tlingit Culture. |
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What we learned. |
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Ed, our Tlingit elder |
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| Area for Exploration Three |
| Visiting the court house. |
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What we learned. |
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What we learn. |
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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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