 Marshall
Cultural Atlas
This collection of student work is from
Frank Keim's classes. He has wanted to share these works for others
to use as an example of Culturally-based curriculum and documentation. These
documents have been OCR-scanned. These are available
for educational use only.
Everything Went
Black
All of sudden I felt very cold, and I
knew I was born! A few minutes later I noticed my mother. When I got
up on my feet and tried to walk, I fell. I tried several times, then
I finally got the hang of it, and soon I was walking around. Then I
got tired and very hungry, and I went over to my mother and drank
some milk. After taking a nap, my mother and I went for a little
stroll so I could know what my surroundings looked like. My mother
showed me the kind of food I would eat when I got a little older.
After seeing how the place looked around me, we walked to where we
would be safe. My mother told me that we had to stay in the deep
forest so that we could be safe from "those dangerous creatures." I
wondered who she was talking about, but I didn't bother to ask
because I was very sleepy and wanted to rest after the long day we
had together.
The next day when I got up, my mother
and I went out for another stroll. This time, she said she was going
to bring me to a place called a meadow where we could drink some
water and feed on some grass. Before we got there she said she had to
check to see if it was safe. A few minutes later she came back and
said that we could go out there, because it was safe for now. When we
were walking out into the meadow I noticed that it was an open place
where we could drink a lot of water and eat some grass, but it was
surrounded by lots of trees. This place was very beautiful, and I
knew it would be a pretty place for me to play. After I drank enough
water, and ate some grass, I had lots of energy, and I asked my
mother if I could run around the place. She said I could, but for
only a little while, then we would have to go back home.
A few months later when I got up from
my sleep, I took a step outside my shelter, and all around me I could
see this white stuff on the ground. I woke my mother and asked her
what it was. She laughed and told me it was snow. When I walked out
in it, I looked back and saw my footprints. I started to run, but I
fell into a ditch that made me scared because it was up past my legs.
Then I ran back to my mother. She told me that winter had come and
that it was a dangerous part of the year. She also told me that
whenever we went out to eat in the meadows or on the river we had to
be very careful of "those dangerous creatures." When she told me
that, I was very scared, but it also made me very curious, because I
wanted to know who "those dangerous creatures were. At this time I
felt old enough to start going out on my own. I thought that I could
watch out for myself because my mother had taught me everything that
I needed to know. At this time of the year when there was snow all
around, my mother worried about me the most, and I wondered
why.
One day my mother and I were out
searching for some food to eat, when we heard this very loud noise
off in the distance. The noise startled me, and my mother told me to
run, and not to stop running. While I was running I heard the loud
noise again, and when I looked back I noticed she wasn't behind me. I
started to get scared, and wondered if "those dangerous creatures" had gotten
her?
My mother never returned, and for
almost a year I lived on my own, learning how to fend for myself. By
this time I had these heavy things on my head called antlers. It was
fall again, and I found my antlers were very useful to me. It was
time for me to find a mate for myself so I wouldn't feel so lonely
anymore. To find one I had to travel quite a ways, but I thought it
was worth it. After a while I came to a big meadow similar to the one
where I went with my mother, but a lot bigger. I was thirsty, so I
walked out in the meadow to drink some water. Just as I was walking
out into it, I saw what I was looking for, a cow! This was my chance,
I told myself, and I started walking towards her. All of a sudden, I
heard this loud noise and felt this sharp pain in my heart. I started
to run, but couldn't make it very far and fell down hard onto the
ground. I couldn't think anymore, and then everything went
black!
Tatiana Sergie
(Alces
alces) The Moose
Moose
Fact Sheet
Student
Stories
Stories
By Parents
Stories
By Elders
Stories
By Successful Hunters
Stories
By School Staff
"If
I were a Moose…"
Christmastime Tales
Stories real and imaginary about Christmas, Slavik, and the New Year
Winter, 1996 |
Christmastime Tales II
Stories about Christmas, Slavik, and the New Year
Winter, 1998 |
Christmastime Tales III
Stories about Christmas, Slavik, and the New Year
Winter, 2000 |
| Summer Time Tails 1992 |
Summertime Tails II 1993 |
Summertime Tails III |
| Summertime Tails IV Fall, 1995 |
Summertime Tails V Fall, 1996 |
Summertime Tails VI Fall, 1997 |
| Summertime Tails VII Fall, 1999 |
Signs of the Times November 1996 |
Creative Stories From Creative Imaginations |
| Mustang Mind Manglers - Stories of the Far Out,
the Frightening and the Fantastic 1993 |
Yupik Gourmet - A Book of
Recipes |
|
| M&M Monthly |
|
|
| Happy Moose Hunting! September Edition 1997 |
Happy Easter! March/April 1998 |
Merry Christmas December Edition 1997 |
| Happy Valentine’s
Day! February Edition
1998 |
Happy Easter! March/April Edition 2000 |
Happy Thanksgiving Nov. Edition, 1997 |
| Happy Halloween October 1997 Edition |
Edible and Useful Plants of Scammon
Bay |
Edible Plants of Hooper Bay 1981 |
| The Flowers of Scammon Bay Alaska |
Poems of Hooper Bay |
Scammon Bay (Upward Bound Students) |
| Family Trees and the Buzzy Lord |
It takes a Village - A guide for parents May 1997 |
People in Our Community |
| Buildings and Personalities of
Marshall |
Marshall Village PROFILE |
Qigeckalleq Pellullermeng ‘A
Glimpse of the Past’ |
| Raven’s
Stories Spring 1995 |
Bird Stories from Scammon Bay |
The Sea Around Us |
| Ellamyua - The Great Weather - Stories about the
Weather Spring 1996 |
Moose Fire - Stories and Poems about Moose November,
1998 |
Bears Bees and Bald Eagles Winter 1992-1993 |
| Fish Fire and Water - Stories about fish, global warming
and the future November, 1997 |
Wolf Fire - Stories and Poems about Wolves |
Bear Fire - Stories and Poems about Bears Spring,
1992 |
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