http://storycorps.org/blog/storycorps-alaska/dance-the-night-away/ Listen Closely Thu, 03 May 2012 02:49:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://storycorps.org/blog/storycorps-alaska/dance-the-night-away/comment-page-1/#comment-1817 Diana Higgins Mon, 11 May 2009 03:49:17 +0000 http://www.storycorps.org/blog/?p=3239#comment-1817 Thanks for sharing these photos and this story! I grew up as a child of "gusuk" schoolteachers in Alaska. We lived in Alukanuk, Akiak, Kwethluk and Nightmute. Bethel was our "hub" - the jumping off point to fly into the villages. The last few years, around 1973? they started an Eskimo heritage program in the classroom, and I had the opportunity to learn the dances along with the native kids. These pictures bring back memories!! Thanks for sharing these photos and this story! I grew up as a child of “gusuk” schoolteachers in Alaska. We lived in Alukanuk, Akiak, Kwethluk and Nightmute. Bethel was our “hub” – the jumping off point to fly into the villages. The last few years, around 1973? they started an Eskimo heritage program in the classroom, and I had the opportunity to learn the dances along with the native kids. These pictures bring back memories!!

]]> http://storycorps.org/blog/storycorps-alaska/dance-the-night-away/comment-page-1/#comment-1789 Carl Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:16:24 +0000 http://www.storycorps.org/blog/?p=3239#comment-1789 Thanks for being so thorough with the photos. When you go through the slide show quickly at certain points you really get the feeling of the movements that comprise the dance. Thanks for being so thorough with the photos. When you go through the slide show quickly at certain points you really get the feeling of the movements that comprise the dance.

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