 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.
Lost in a Storm
Once a few years ago I went out
trapping as I did every winter. The day I left town the wind was calm
and the sky was clear but the air was cold. I packed a sledful of
supplies which I pulled with my snow machine, planning to be gone for
a couple of weeks. My trapping cabin wasn't much to rave about but it
served its purpose. It was located about fifty miles away from town
in the middle of nowhere, but the snow-covered trees and frozen
meadows made it probably the best place to run a trap
line.
When I first got there everything was
quiet. The cabin was just barely visible because of all the snow that
had fallen over the course of the winter. I busied myself shoveling
out the doorway and around the cabin, then I carried in my supplies
and built a fire. The rest of the day was spent resting and preparing
the things I would need to trap.
By nightfall the wind had picked up.
At the time it didn't seem like a problem, but when I awoke the next
morning I found that the gentle evening breeze had turned into a full
blown storm. Visibility was zero zero, so I didn't even bother to go
outside, deciding to stay inside, protected by my sanctuary. Finally
after six hours of powerful gusts the wind began to ease, and since I
still had a few hours of daylight I made up my mind to get at least a
couple of traps set.
It didn't take me long to get out in
the field, and I ended up setting the whole trap line. It was a big
mistake. What was actually going on was a battle between a powerful
low and a high pressure system and I had no idea that the storm
wasn't over.
It was dark long before I got the
last trap set, and I noticed the wind was starting up again. In an
attempt to get back to my cabin before the storm hit, I rushed and I
lost the trail. I could feel myself filling with fear, but not long
afterward I found the trail again. It was nearly blown over, though,
and this scared me even more. I had at least five miles to travel
before I reached the cabin and the wind was howling and thick
snowflakes whipped my face. I knew I was lost and that I had to stop
before the situation worsened. I tried to get to the river, but
didn't make it and ended up sleeping under my snowmachine.
When the snow finally stopped blowing
I looked around and had no idea where I was. My clothes were wet and
I was cold, so I found a spot to make a fire, and this became my camp
for another night. When I woke up the next day I heard snowmachines.
A few minutes later my uncle and a few of his friends pulled up. I
was saved!
By: Ben Peteroff
Authentic
Student Stories
Stories
by Parents
and Community
Stories
by Elders
Stories
by the Elementary
Creative
Student Stories
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 |
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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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