 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.
How Raven Killed The
Whale
As usual, Raven was hungry. He had
heard of a large whale near an island and so he went to see it for
himself. The people in the village near the whale were afraid of it,
and they were too scared to go fishing.
Raven flew to the place and watched
the whale for three days hoping to think of a way to trick it. You
see, the smart bird knew that he would have lots of meat if he could
kill the whale.
Finally, an idea came to him and he
walked up close to the whale who was resting near shore.
"Please come closer, Cousin Whale, so
that I may speak with you," requested Raven.
Whale opened his eyes and slowly swam
up to the small black bird and asked what he wanted.
"I have come to tell you that we are
cousins," responded the trickster.
"That is impossible! You are a bird
and I am a whale. We cannot be relatives," said the great
whale.
"Oh," said Raven, "it is true and I
can prove it to you."
The whale was curious and asked how
he could prove their relation.
"If you open your mouth," said Raven,
"I will show you how our throats are the same shape, which proves
that we are cousins."
Although the giant whale was not
completely satisfied, he was soon opening his mouth for Raven
nonetheless.
When the creature's mouth was open
far enough, Raven ran into his mouth and down his throat. He was
wearing a backpack with his knife and some firewood in it, and once
inside he cut meat from the whale and cooked it over a small
fire.
Whale knew that he had been tricked
so he pleaded with Raven not to eat his heart. Raven agreed at the
time and spent many days living inside the whale's body eating his
meat whenever he grew hungry, which was most of the time.
Once most of the flesh had been
cooked and eaten, Raven began to pull out Whale's organs as well. He
ate his liver and other parts, but left the heart.
One day, Whale told Raven that the
water was getting shallower and that they were near land. Raven took
his knife and cut out Whale's heart and ate it, killing the great
creature immediately.
The dead body washed up onto shore
but Raven could not get out because the giant mouth was closed. He
stayed inside the whale for another few days eating the rib
cage.
On the third day he heard the voices
of men outside. It was a group of hunters who had found the whale
carcass. As soon as the people cut the whale, Raven flew out and
escaped.
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 |
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| M&M Monthly |
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| 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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