 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.
Raven's
Wife
One Spring day I was walking down the
road towards the MFP cannery and I noticed there was a raven standing
with a bunch of seagulls. At first I thought the raven was there to
rip off some fish they might have caught, but the more I watched the
more I knew he was there just mingling. He even seemed to be speaking
the seagull's language. Never in my life had I seen such a thing, So
I went to the eldest elder in the village and asked what might be
happening there. The old man told me that the raven was actually
there looking for a mate to marry. I was so astounded, I didn't know
what to say or think. I thought nobody would believe me, so I decided
to keep it to myself.
The next day, as I walked the same
road towards the MFP, the raven and the seagull took off together. I
had a hunch where they might have gone, so I walked back up towards
the dump site and the airport to see if they were flying around
there. After awhile I saw them on the ground at the airport. As I
watched, the wings of both birds spread out and they began running in
a circle. It was so weird I couldn't believe what was going on. But I
remembered what the old man had also told me that day, to never
interrupt the raven and seagull's ceremony because something bad may
happen. For instance, bad fishing, or bad weather. He said this
ceremony came every ten to twenty years and that it happened only on
a certain day of the year.
As I studied the two birds a strange
wind began to blow and I never felt so alone as I did then while
watching them. I began to get a little scared and didn't know what to
do, so I decided to walk back home. Just at that moment though the
birds flew away, and I noticed the seagull had turn black.
While walking home I thought hard to
myself about how in the world I was going to get people to believe my
story. Everyone would surely think it was a fake? All I had on my
side was the story from the old man who believed it himself. So I
just decided to keep the experience to myself. Until now!
Carmen Pitka
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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