Lena shows us how she learns
A New Vision for Indigenous Schools
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I wrote a little book and Apay’uk Moore made the illustrations. I think of it as a kind of message in a bottle. Maybe it will find someone who is inspired by it. Maybe it can somehow contribute a little to some fundamental change in how we think about education in Alaska.
Help me pay for it, and get a hard copy
It is important to value artist’s time for their work. It was worth it, and I sure would love your help. Send a donation of $50 or more and I’ll mail you a hard copy of the book. I will stop asking for money once my debt is paid.
View or Download the book for free
There are two options for the download. There is the one-page-at-a-time style (good for printing) and there is the two-pages-side-by-side style, which is how you would view the hard-copy version of the book.
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About the Authors
Apay’uk Moore: Alaska’s Bristol Bay Region has been home my entire life. My art is a direct product of the saturated Yup’ik values of my youth and the guidance it has offered me into adulthood. Having the incredible blessings of being raised around fluent Yup’ik language and family who lived the old ways and have entered the new, offers a perspective that carries incredible responsibility to share and teach with art. Though my hands hold the pen, I know my artwork is guided by the thousands of years of ancestors and carries a duty to our future generations. Quyana Ellam Yua cikiutevnek. Thank you Creator for the gifts you give.
Matthew Turner: Without ever becoming a “teacher” I’ve spent my career in and around public schools across Alaska. Working first for the State of Alaska, then the Alaska School Board Association, and then the Alaska Humanities Forum, I have been blessed with mentors and friends that have helped to shape me into the person I am today.
I have learned so much from the conversations and observation from being invited into the lives and communities of the people of Alaska. I hope in some way this book gives something back.