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.

 

 

 

 

Hooked on Heroin

On Dec. 27, 1996, I went to Anchorage for Christmas vacation. While I was over there a couple of my friends threw a huge party. Obviously alcohol and drugs were involved. When everybody was asleep Jay, Jeremy, and Sophie asked if I would like to try some heroin. I agreed and followed them into a small room. Since I really didn't know how to do it they showed me how. It looked scary and I started to chicken out. While I was starting to back out, Jay said, "Come on, hurry, try some." Sophie and Jeremy also pressured me to do it. I thought, well, I might as well try it, so I did. A couple of minutes later I felt the high, which made me sleepy. Without knowing it I fell asleep on the couch. When I got up the party house was empty. Sophie walked out of the bathroom, looking like she just woke up.

After I took a shower Sophie and I went out to the mall. While we were walking back we bumped into Jay and his buddies. We started talking and Sophie asked Jay if she could have some of his heroin. He gave her some and Sophie and I walked home. As soon as we got in she pulled the heroin out and had a couple of hits. She gave me the white, powdery substance and I had a hit too. "Come on Cheryl, you can do better than that!" Sophie said. So I had another hit, as much as I hated to. About half an hour later Sophie asked when was I going to come back home. I just then remembered I had to make my reservations with Reeve. I called Reeve and made my reservations. Just as I hung up, Jeremy walked in with Russell who is a big time drug dealer. "Guys wanna try something cool?" says Jeremy. "Like what? It better not be too dangerous," Sophie said. "It's not dangerous. Or I don't think so," Russell muttered. We agreed to do some and Jeremy pulled out what I thought was just the ordinary. But then Russ said that it was mixed with cocaine. We all had a large amount, and right then I knew I was addicted. Since it was late I thought I would rest before I came back home, so I went to bed.

In the morning I showered then woke up Sophie who was going to take me to the airport. Before we walked out the door I asked her if she had any more heroin. She ducked into her room and grabbed about half a pound of it. I stuck it in my bag and we drove out to the airport. While I was on the plane I was really dying for another hit. But I told myself I'd have to wait until I got home. As soon as I got home I went straight to my bedroom and had four hits. Afterward I went out to the kitchen and talked with my mom. She looked straight into my eyes and asked if I was high. I couldn't lie to her so I told her the truth. She was really mad at me and stormed into my room looking for the heroin. She found it and told me I'd better quit. After we had a good long talk I finally realized what I was doing, and I promised her I'd go cold turkey. And I did!

 

By: Cheryl Hunter

 

 

Jail Time	- Jackie Paul George
Addiction, It's Saddening	- Matthew Shorty
The Overdose	- Fred Alstrom
A World of Hate	- Charlotte Alstrom
Being A Druggy	- Mary Jane Shorty
A Deadly Addiction	- Jonathan Boots
Recovered From Heroin	- Tanya Peter
Drugs on the Freeway	- Garrett Evan
Hooked on Heroin	- Cheryl Hunter
The Need For Speed	- Robert Pitka

 

My name is Kerry and I have
AIDS
(Now I'm dead!)

 

A Deadly Addiction

 

Domestic Violence

 

Breaking up is hard to take!

 

Can we get along?
Racism!

 

Going, Going Gone!
Man and the
Environment

 

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
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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