Gwich'in Culture Week

Our last week of school is Culture Week, where community members take over the school and teach the students traditional skills such as music, native games, storytelling, jigging, cooking, and beading/sewing.

We haven't had formal music education all year, so it was a BLAST learning to play fiddle. I got to learn too! (Learn more about our music teachers: http://dancingwiththespirit.org/news_Nov_15.html)

The students had fun learning Indian Leg Wrestling and no one got hurt!

Lots and lots of jigging!

 Learned to cook fry bread, salmon nuggets, and muskrat!

Sewing some wall hangings!

Day 2: Learning Guitar and how to sing some songs in Gwichin

The one-legged high kick

Storytelling with an elder. We heard about Visagizak and the ducks.

Cooking on the grill outside.