 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.
When Raven Was
Killed
Raven had played so many tricks on mankind for
so long that one day a great chief decided to kill him. The chief
invited Raven to visit him and when the black bird wasn't watching,
he quickly threw him into a large skin bag which he tied tightly shut
so that the troublesome bird would not escape.
Then, with the large bag over his shoulder, the
man began to climb a very high and steep mountain which was close by
the village. It was very dark inside of the skin bag so Raven could
not see anything. He asked the man what he was doing, but the chief
ignored him.
As the chief climbed higher and higher, Raven
spoke out again.
"Where are you taking me?" he asked.
The chief just kept on climbing.
"I can tell that you are climbing a mountain,"
insisted Raven. "Why are you carrying me there? What are you going to
do to me?"
The man ignored him still and continued to
climb.
Raven warned the chief that he would be sorry
if he killed him, saying that bad things would befall his
people.
When the chief was on top of the mountain he
threw the bag with the Raven over the side. As it fell, it struck the
side of the steep cliff and ripped open. Raven was torn to pieces by
the jagged rocks as he crashed to the ground far below. The chief had
killed Raven!
When the chief returned to his village, he
showed the people the pieces of Raven so that they knew what he had
done. All of the men called him a great chief for killing the
mischievous trickster. For several days the villagers were happy and
they celebrated.
Finally, though, some people started to notice
that all of the water was gone. They went to the river, but it was
dry. They went to a lake, but it was empty. There was no water to be
found! Then the people began to get thirsty. They knew that they
could not live long without water.
The people asked why the water had vanished and
a shaman told them that it was gone because the chief had killed the
Raven. Now the villagers were not happy that Raven was dead and they
wanted him back before everyone died.
The shaman told the chief that he had to put
Raven back together. The chief took all of the pieces of the dead
bird and put them together again. When he was finished Raven came
back to life! He jumped up and started to fly away, but he first
asked the chief why he had brought him back to life.
"All of the water has gone," the chief replied,
"and only you can return it."
Raven flew up higher and then spoke to the man, "Look around
you, there is water everywhere."
The chief turned and saw that the lake was full
and that the river ran deep and fast again. As Raven disappeared in
the distance, the chief promised never to try to kill Raven
again.
Because of his powers and role in their
heritage, Natives do not kill ravens.
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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