: New ▁Zealand ▁Olympic ▁coach es <0x0A> </s> ▁T icas uk ▁Brown ▁( 1 9 0 4 – 1 9 8 2 ) ▁was ▁an ▁I ñ up ia q ▁educ ator , ▁poet ▁and ▁writer . ▁She ▁was ▁the ▁recip ient ▁of ▁a ▁President ial ▁Commission ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁Native ▁American ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁school ▁named ▁after ▁her ▁in ▁Fair b anks , ▁Al aska . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁she ▁was ▁placed ▁in ▁the ▁Al aska ▁Women ' s ▁Hall ▁of ▁Fame . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁work ▁ ▁Em ily ▁T icas uk ▁I vano ff ▁Brown ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 4 ▁in ▁Un al ak le et , ▁Al aska . ▁Her ▁name , ▁T icas uk , ▁means ▁" where ▁the ▁four ▁wind s ▁gather ▁their ▁tre asures ▁from ▁all ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁world ... the ▁greatest ▁which ▁is ▁knowledge ." ▁Her ▁grand father ▁was ▁Russian , ▁named ▁Serge i ▁I vano ff , ▁and ▁her ▁grand m other ▁was ▁Y up ik , ▁named ▁Ch ik uk . ▁Brown ' s ▁parents ▁were ▁Stephen ▁I vano ff ▁and ▁Mal qu ay . ▁She ▁attended ▁elementary ▁school ▁in ▁Sh ak tool ik , ▁Al aska , ▁which ▁was ▁a ▁village ▁co - f ounded ▁by ▁her ▁father . ▁After ▁high ▁school , ▁she ▁became ▁a ▁cert ified ▁teacher ▁in ▁Oregon . ▁She ▁started ▁teaching ▁in ▁Kot z eb ue , ▁Al aska . ▁She ▁moved ▁to ▁Washington ▁to ▁study ▁n urs