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Karen J. Clark (née Kuil) graduated with a degree in Anthropology and Archaeology and a Teaching Certification from the University of Oregon. After completing her MA in Anthropology, she accepted a teaching position in the Catholic Residential School of Lower Post (BC, Canada), where she moved in 1964. In 1965, she was hired by the school village to teach Indigenous children from grade 1 to 8. The following year, she was transferred to Cassiar BC. In 1966 she was hired as the first teacher at a new school in Pelly Crossing, YT, to teach Indigenous children. In 1967 Mrs. Clark went back to Cassiar where she married Paul Clark (a mining engineer). In 1969 Clark moved to Alaska; in 1970 she graduated with a Master's in Teaching from the University of Alaska, and was hired at the Two Rivers School (near Fairbanks) to teach grades 1 to 4. In 1973, she and her husband returned to Cassiar, where she was hired as a reading specialist for the school district. In 1975, she published "Sun, Moon and Owl" with a grant from the BC Teacher's Federation. In 1976, she took a one year leave of absence to gather materials to write a book for Tahltan children that could be incorporated into the school curriculum. She gathered materials from the Telegraph Creek area, with the help of many Indigenous people, resulting in the book "Tahltan Native Studies." In 1977, she moved to Alberta and became a program specialist for the Rockyview school District. In 1984, she published "Language Experiences with Children's Stories" and "Once Upon a Time." In 1988, she became principal of the Exshaw School (Exshaw AB); in 1989 she retired.