About Us

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We are the students at the Innoko River High School, living in the last village on the Innoko River in the western Interior of Alaska.

Jamie Hamilton

Interests: Hunting, fishing and working on engines.

Hobbies: Basketball, snowboarding, snowmachining, and dirtbiking.

Favorite Native food: Willow grouse.

Reaction to being told we were going to SOUTH AFRICA:
At first I was speechless, and to this day I can not believe we were chosen to go.

Jamie

Jamie
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Our GLOBE Research

We have been a GLOBE school since 1998. Different classes of students have set up different study sites over the years but in 2005 our local research on our environment took on a different twist when lightening struck behind our village and burned a 15-acre area of land dangerously close to local homes.

The Alaska State Forestry Department hired the Shageluk Emergency Fire Fighting crew and the EFF crew from Nikolai to assist in putting out the fire. The fire lasted just two weeks but has provided us with long-term data on regrowth in a Boreal forest that has made us think about climate change and how it effects our cultural traditions and survival as the Deg Hitan people!

Monday, June 16, 2008

Where our Ancestors Lived



This afternoon besides getting our Hepatitis A and B vaccine, we went by truck to several places along the road to talk about "pit houses" or subterranean homes our ancestors lived in pre-1800s. This is a picture of Jack measuring the inside of our Kashim.

Everett Semone June 16

Today I came in 30 minutes late and I had to tidy up my table and look for more news on the computer about South Africa. After awhile we went in the room and started to fix on our slide show. I am tired of getting up everyday and going to the school because I want to sleep in but I have to go to the school. I am getting exited that were go to leave in three days.

Jamie/6-16-08

Today I was the first one to the school so I checked the Africa news until the other two boys got here. Then we rehearsed our slide show, and I had to finish writing my script for the rest of the time. Lately it has been getting harder because we are running out of time, but I know we will be in Africa soon so I am not giving up.

Jack/6-16-08

Today I came in late and we got started talked about our slide show, what we needed to add, talk about, etc. We rehearsed it once today. This been a lot of work!

Boys Helping Rudy Haul Winter Wood