 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.
Holly Riddle's Christmas
Story
My name is Holly Riddle and my christmas
vacation was as enjoyable as they come. I spent some time with both
of my parents. To make things easier for my sister Carol and me, my
mother came back to Dad's house and spent Christmas there.
On the first day of the vacation I called Mom
and asked her if I could spend Christmas at Dad's house because I
spent Thanksgiving with her. I was surprised when she agreed because
she did so willingly.
The next day, Dad told Carol and me to clean up
the house and get ready to decorate the tree. While Dad went out to
get the tree Carol and I silently cleaned the house. We were lost in
our own thoughts. I was thinking about why Dad was so eager for
Christmas. Just when we finished cleaning the house Dad came in with
the tree. I ran up to the attic to get the decorations, then we spent
the evening decorating the house and the tree. Dad was very picky
about how we decorated and that got Carol and me
wondering.
After we were finally done we each went our
separate ways to wrap each other's gifts to put under the tree. While
Carol and I were in our rooms, Dad sneaked downstairs and put up our
stockings.
When we finished with the wrapping we brought
the presents down to the living room. I got there first and yelled
for Carol to hurry and see what Dad had done. She was as surprised as
I was because we hadn't seen the stocking since before the divorce
and all this time we thought that our Mom had kept them with
her.
After supper Dad told us to go to bed early and
get a good night's sleep because we would need all our energy for the
next day. He told us this would be a fun-filled Christmas and
probably one of the best Christmases we've had in a long
time.
That night I couldn't sleep just thinking about
what Dad had said. But I was very eager to start the next day so I
forced myself to try to sleep.
The next morning Dad woke us up with the rising
sun and told us to eat breakfast, then to help him cook a Christmas
dinner. So all day Carol, Dad and I were busy cooking and cleaning.
By mid-day Carol and I were very curious about Dad and his overdose
of Christmas spirit.
Just before dinner was ready a knock came at
the door. Dad answered it. While Carol and I were setting the table,
into the dining room walked Dad with his arms around Mom. Carol and I
were so happy and excited we just dropped what we were doing and ran
to hug them.
Dad was right, that was one of the best
Christmases we had since the divorce. Mom and Dad aren't together
anymore but they are still friends, and Carol and I are glad for
that. I wish all divorces would end up the way my parents' did, but
unfortunately most of them don't.
I had a good Christmas vacation. I got to spend
time with my parents in one house and I also spent time with my
friends, both of whom I am very glad to have.
Gerilyn Fitka
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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