This is the backside of the school and it shows the teacher housing off to the left. There are three yellow homes which are two bedroom. I was in one of these 25 years ago! Our current home, the trailer, is towards the back.
The other building straight back is the "old school" that contains two classrooms and two apartments. I had my first and second graders in there the first year I was here. The second time around I had my SpEd desk tucked away in the library there, after the high school had burned.
Typical way to stretch a skin. This is a seal, probably spotted. It is more usual to see beaver out in the tundra villages. Coastal villages have different species of seal, possibly a musk ox or walrus nailed up.
People go upriver to get wood in the winter. They have flat sleds (no sides) to go in and out of forests making travel easier. Some homes have wood stoves, but a lot of the wood is used for their steam houses.
Dried Shefish, a local fish in our river. They are caught in the gillnets that are set out waiting for people to check them. These have been sliced to help with the drying.
End of the "road" to the south of the village.
There are several dead vehicles in the area which can make great play structures...
This is the Jenkin's home and Jenkin's Store. It is a great place to go visit, find something you may or may not need, and hear about the local goings ons.
This was a fun sight to come upon. The kids were yelling and running and chasing. It wasn't until I got closer that I could see it was like one giant snowball fight, but with mud...
Two warring parties.
In the "old days" we had to carry the buckets to the outskirts of the village and dump the contents into large plywood boxes. Not such a great solution with wetland surroundings...
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