Something that bothered me this week...

The fact about not having gas for my snow machine bothered me this week because we just got snow for the first time this year. I wanted to ride around all day and night but I didn't have any gas to ride with. Since the gas prices went up my parents can't buy that much gas anymore. But I am thankful that we got more snow and I hope I got gas to ride around before it all goes away.

Gasoline prices are rising because it is hard to get it out here. Right now a gallon of gas costs $6.48. Plus the jobs out here aren't that good, our parents work hard all day and they don't get paid a lot. I wish that I had my own job so I wouldn't have to ask my parents to buy me gas. That is what was bothering me this week.

Making Hunting Tools

During Yupik class in school we make hunting tools like harpoons, black fish traps and other hunting tools. The things I've made so far are a harpoon, a black fish trap, and making a net. But I have made many others during the time I've been here. It takes patience and skills to make these tools, I wouldn't have made them if I didn't have a good Yupik teacher who has made these tools before.

The thing I enjoyed making the most might have been the harpoon because I never made one before, by making it instead of listening how to make it was easier. Harpoons are used when hunting seals the hunter shoots the seal and after shooting it he/she throws a harpoon at it to prevent it from sinking. A harpoon is a wooden pole with a metal tip, at the metal tip another piece of metal pops on and this piece is tied to the wooden pole with string. When the metal tip enters the seals skin it gets stuck which allows the hunter to pull in their catch without loosing it.

All in all, making hunting tools in school is cool because I not only learn valuable tool making I also get a school grade on how I make them. I think our Yupik class is the best class ever because we get to make hunting tools that we can use when were out of school.