Teens explore Alaska cultures through exchange program

Posted by alaskateen

Posted: June 5, 2008 - 2:21 pm

They are all Alaskans. But teens who live in Point Hope, Alaska have a very different lifestyle than those who have grown up in Wasilla, Eagle River or Anchorage.

Each year the Alaska Humanities Forum, through the Rose Urban Rural Exchange program, allows middle and high school teens the opportunity to experience life in an Alaska community that is much different from their own.

Here are a couple audio clips from teens who participated in the program this year.

Eskimo food is better

A student from Mirror Lake Middle School interviews students in Point Hope, Alaska about the types of foods they eat.

Muktuk 101

Whaling Captain Ramona Rock talks with a Mirror Lake Middle School student about Muktuk and a subsistence lifestyle.

School in St. Paul, Alaska

Jamie Stacks, principal of St. Paul School chats with a student from Wasilla Middle School about the small environment and after-school activities.

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