 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.
Christmas
Togetherness
On Christmas Eve, 14 year old Jessica Gould
from Upper Saddle, New Jersey, had no idea which parent to spend her
Christmas with, so she decided to ask both of her parents, Coral and
Erin, to have Christmas dinner together at a special
restaurant.
A day before the dinner, Jessica knew that she
had to talk with her mother because she was the one who seemed to
start the arguments. And she had to ask her father not to be so rude
whenever her mother would have something negative to say. To Jessica
it seemed they only got along when she was around.
Jessica was very excited because they would all
be together for the first time in half a year. Coral told her,
though, that she wasn't really sure because she had a boyfriend,
Emmitt. Jessica told her to bring him too. Coral knew how much Erin
didn't like him, so she told Emmitt she wouldn't be long at the
restuarant and that he should wait for her.
When they both met they said Merry Christmas
and Erin gave a little present to both of them. Coral opened hers and
they were 12 kt. earrings. She didn't know what to say. Jessica got a
necklace with a gold heart and a diamond in the middle. Jessica
hugged and kissed her father. Coral smiled and started to eat. Then
she said, "Jessica I have to leave in a while, so I'll see you in a
couple of days. Your father is taking you for a surprise trip back
into the mountains." Jessica replied, "I thought maybe, if you don't
have any plans, you could come with us. Please come. It would be so
much fun." "I don't think so," Coral said, "because Emmitt is taking
me to Hawaii and he wants me to meet some of his cousing. Next time,
if I don't have any plans. Maybe New Year's Erin can do something
with Emmitt. He owns this cottage near the mountains where there is
this great lake. What do you think, Erin? I have to go now. I'll see
you in a few days, Jessi. Bye."
"I'm sorry, dad, I've tried my best to get you
two back together because I miss the both of you." Erin replied, "I
feel stuck in the middle of this Jessi. This isn't your fault. It was
too hard for both of us to live together and somehow we fell apart.
Your mother and I love you so much, Jessica, and I still love your
mother. But I guess it's over and I can't do anything about it."
"But, it's so lonely having only one parent by my side when I need
the both of you with me," Jessica complained. "It'll take time to get
used to, Jessi," her dad said, "but I will always be by your side.
C'mon let's go home."
By: Carmen Pitka
Student
Stories
Tales
by Parents
Tales
by the Elders
Staff
Stories
If
I were...
The
Christmas of my Dreams
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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