 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.
Do You Have Any Talking
Balls?
My vacation went by way too fast. It
seemed like we just had a weekend from school and then it started up
again. After school got out I was pretty happy and ready for my three
month vacation. But nothing really exciting really happened to me
this summer. I ended up working and doing a few other little things
during the break.
I had a lot planned for my summer but
never got around to doing anything because I started working in the
MFP. I was doing things like cleaning and getting ready for the first
opening. I thought I was going to have a blast working there but
after the first opening I decided that the work was too temporary and
there wasn't much to do. So I went back to working in the Fortuna
Ledge Co-op Store. I was a weekday worker because the regular workers
were taking their summer vacation. I worked with Tanya Andrew the
whole time I worked at Co-op. Everyday Tanya and I would sweep, mop,
and serve the customers with a smile. Some days lots of groceries
would come in and the days would zoom by because we were so busy
stocking or putting the frozen items in the freezers.
The most fun I had while working in
the store was when customers came in and asked for something and I
didn't hear them clearly or I couldn't understand what they were
saying. One day a man walked in the store and asked me if the store
had any cotton balls. He either talked very softly or the sound waves
got messed up while they were traveling to my ears because I gave him
a really weird look and a few seconds later I replied, "No, I don't
think we have any talking balls."
He asked again, "No, do you have any
cotton balls?" This time he talked louder and slower so I heard
exactly what he was asking for. I was so embarrassed that I wanted to
hide behind the counter and never come out. But it's little incidents
like this that make life more enjoyable.
On July 21st I started working for
the Summer Youth Employment Training Program (S.Y.E.T.P.). It was
funded by the City of Marshall and there were three other teenagers
working, plus a supervisor. For the first two weeks I worked at the
store. Then the supervisor asked me if I wanted to cut down trees and
I said I would. We had to use hand saws because chain saws and axes
were against the S.Y.E.T.P. policy and the City didn't have insurance
if any of the workers got hurt. The first day of cutting trees was
okay, but on the fourth day I had a little accident. I was getting a
little careless and a tad bit lazy when I was sawing a tree down and
the saw slipped out of my hand. I felt the blade hit my finger and it
hurt but I didn't think anything of it until I looked at it and it
wasn't like looking at a pepperoni pizza with extra
cheese.
After that happened I couldn't cut
trees anymore, so I went back to working in the trusty old store
where the closest I ever came to getting seriously injured was
walking right into a wall. But it was okay. We quit working for
S.Y.E.T.P. on August 15.
Other little things I did this summer
were go on boat rides to Kuik, Willow, Wilson and Owl Slough. And I
also traveled to St. Mary's, Pilot Station and Bethel. I had fun
meeting a lot of different people in the other towns, seeing old
friends, and taking a break from home.
Even though I never got around to
doing anything on my.summer list, like take a vacation, I had a good
time. And I guess there will be other summers to find my prince
charming. Ha ha!
by Charlotte Alstrom
Tales from
Students
Tales
from Parents and Community
Tales
from our Elders
Tales from
our School Staff
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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