This is Cingarkaq Wallace’s 4th grade class at Ayaprun Elitnaurvik. It is a Yup’ik immersion school grades K-6 in Bethel, Alaska. These students are learning both English and Yup’ik. This sign supports Nacuk Pete Kaiser in his Iditarod race. Go Pete!
Cingumaarput Nacuk!
Good Luck Pete (Nacuk is Pete’s Yup’ik Eskimo Name)
Listen to it in Yup’ik!
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(Thank you Virginia Lincoln- Our Expert Translator!)
Yuut Elitnaurviat is the regional training center in Bethel, Alaska where Pete’s Mom, Janet, works for the Adult Basic Education Center.
In this photo, Janet, lower left, is joined by ABE Staff, ABE Students, and a few Yuut Staff to cheer on Pete to the Finish!
Shown are Moses Tulim, Gerry Graves, Kurt Kuhne, Kathy Hanson, Dolena Lake, Tasha Merculief, Greg Hoffman Jr., Jeremy Osborne, Janet Kaiser, and Betsy Taguchi.
Go Team Kaiser! Thanks Yuut Elitnaurviat!
Dear Peter,
Ape tu waste! (Good day!)
My name is Jay Martell.
I am a third grader at Poplar Elementary School in Poplar, Montana. I live on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in northeast Montana. Our reservation is home to the Sioux people. Our class is following the 2012 Iditarod race, and I selected you as the musher to win. I have been following you on the Iditarod.com website.
You are a cool man! You have a cool sweater! I am sending you a poster to wish you good luck. You have cool dogs.
Good luck to you,
Jay Martell
Check out the Kaiser Super Dogs in Mushing Magazine!
