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Mr. Richesin from Togiak, AK is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Mr. Richesin's classroom raised $498

Celebrating Alaskan Literature

My students need 12 books about their Yupik culture.

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Mr. Richesin Togiak School
Togiak, AK Grades 9-12

I teach students in an alternative program in our high school. The alternative program was started a year ago to assist students who have dropped out or who are at risk of dropping out.

Our high school has a high drop-out rate. Many of our students have failed because they lack a sense of pride about their own people, their own heritage, and their own culture.

The twelve books selected provide a variety of resources at different levels, all of which celebrate Yupik culture. Some of these are books writing by natives, others are books written by outsiders describing native culture.

Your support will assist these students in learning more about the stories of their own people. We are a generation away from losing these valuable stories.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

20 students impacted 4 donors
Mr. Richesin Togiak School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Togiak, AK View local requests

Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

20 students impacted 4donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Telling Our Selves Chase Hensel • Barnes and Noble $63.00 1 $63.00
Through Yup'ik Eyes: An Adopted Son Explores the Landscape of Family Colin Chisholm • Barnes and Noble $21.55 1 $21.55
Hunting Tradition In A Changing World Ann Fienup-Riordan, John Paul II, William Tyson • Barnes and Noble $22.45 1 $22.45
Antler on the Sea: The Yup'ik and Chuckhi of the Russian Far East Anna M. Kerttula • Barnes and Noble $20.65 1 $20.65
Ciuliamta Akluit / Things of Our Ancestors: Yup'ik Elders Explore the Jacobsen Collection at the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin Ann Fienup-Riodan, Ann Fienup-Riordan, Ann Fienup-Riordan (Editor) • Barnes and Noble $22.50 1 $22.50
Egg Island (Math in a Cultural Context: Lessons Learned from Yup'ik Eskimo Elders Series) Cindy Hardy, Lorrine A. Masterman, Putt Clark (Illustrator) • Barnes and Noble $13.45 2 $26.90
Stories for Future Generations, Qulirat Qanemcit-Llu Kinguvarcimalriit: The Oratory of Yup'ik Eskimo Elder Paul John Paul John, Ann Fienup-Riordan (Editor), Sophie Shield (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $31.50 1 $31.50
Yup'ik Elders at the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin: Fieldwork Turned on Its Head Ann Fienup-Riordan, Marie Meade (Translator), Sonja Luhrmann (Translator), Anja Karlson (Translator), Adelaid Pauls (Translator) • Barnes and Noble $40.00 1 $40.00
Transforming the Culture of Schools: Yup'ik Eskimo Examples Jerry Lipka, Gerald Mohatt, With Gerald Mohatt • Barnes and Noble $32.85 1 $32.85
Children Of The Frost Jack London • Barnes and Noble $8.95 2 $17.90
Where the Echo Began: And Other Oral Traditions from Southwest Alaska Recorded by Hans Himmelheber Ann Fienup Riordan (Editor), Kurt Vitt (Translator), Ann Fienup-Riordan (Annotations) • Barnes and Noble $31.96 1 $31.96
Inupiaq and Yupik People of Alaska, Vol. 28 Created by Alaska Geographic Society • Barnes and Noble $13.45 2 $26.90

Materials cost

$358.16

Vendor shipping charges

 $35.82

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.37

Fulfillment labor & materials

$9.00

Total project cost

$408.35

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$89.64

Total project goal

$497.99

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $497.99

3 Donors

-$95.00

Donations toward project cost

-$77.90

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$17.10

match offer

-$402.99

Match offer toward project cost

-$330.45

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$72.54

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