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.
On Oily Grounds
Ka-boom! I heard the loud sound of a
high explosive going off in the distance and echoing in the other
direction. The oil companies were doing seismic tests in the Valley
of the Two Mountains, and even though they were miles away they still
sounded close.
Later on that day my friend Jonathan
called, "Hey, Garrett, are you excited about that oil company coming
to town?"
"No I think they could go to hell for
all I care," I told him. "Did you see what they're doing to the land
up there?"
"No, but come on, don't you think all
the jobs there'll be are going to be good for us?"
"Yea, I guess it would be good to
have a little extra money. But let's see what they'll say at the
meeting they're going to have here. Later, Jon."
When I got there I parked my rig over
by the main entrance. While I was walking to the door I noticed two
bodyguards there. Then just as I was walking in they pushed me out. I
said, "What in the hell is your problem?" They opened their jackets
to show me their guns, so I hopped back on my Ultra SPX and went home
to call the two local police, Walter and Richard. I told them what
happened but they just ignored me. I knew then that they had been
bought because it had happened to me before.
The next time the oil company had a
meeting I brought a briefcase with a camera hidden in it. After I got
the tape I made a copy. I knew we would need more information so I
called up Frank and asked him if he wanted to help get some
information to put the oil company away. He agreed and that night we
broke into the main office to dig around in the files. There I found
records of the payments that had been made to the two police
officers. Then Frank found evidence that the oil company was planning
to dump toxins in some dry wells.
When I called the president of the
oil company and told him I had this information, he said they were
coming after me and I should watch out or I may be found somewhere in
the wilderness. So I got out my SKS with its two 30 round clips and
another rifle. But just as I was going out the door I saw Walter and
Richard coming towards me. I hopped on my Ultra SPX and took off for
the post office to mail the packages with the evidence to an
environmental group in Anchorage. But I saw them trailing me so I
kept on going. I didn't know where I was going but I headed for the
next town down the river. The two cops were still on my tale so I
gunned the throttle and blew them away. I traveled so fast that I
made it down to Pilot Station in 20 minutes. There I faxed the
written documents to Green Peace and then mailed the tape to them.
Then I called the State Troopers and told them where I would
be.
I knew that I was still being hunted
by the two local cops so I took off for the cabin where I told the
troopers I would be. Somehow the two cops still found me so I had to
hold them off. Just after I got in the cabin and locked the doors
they opened fire on me. So I fired back. I knew that their bullets
couldn't go through the cabin so I shot up their snowmachines. But
they got out their rocket launcher and began getting it ready to
shoot.Then just in the nick of time the troopers came in with a
chopper and saved the day. I was safe and the two cops were put away.
As for the oil company, it was shut down never to be opened
again.
By Garrett Evan
Air Pollution!
Energy
Waste!
My name is
Kerry and I have
AIDS
(Now I'm dead!)
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 |
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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 |
Marshall
Cultural Atlas