May you remember to stand up straight May your spines be flagpoles Sailing your heart at full mast The caps in your knees full of steel Unstoppable in your travels of Alaskan tundra
Let your mind grow roots in your culture May your hunger for knowledge Be that of a (amaguq) wolf Never give up on yourselves For I will never give up on you
Teaching in a classroom full of Inupaiq eskimo children. You can never understand a culture until you are immersed into it. These kids are teaching me each and every day.