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Yup'ik RavenMarshall 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.

 

 

 

 

Problems

On a warm July evening my parents got into this huge argument. I didn't want them to ruin my day any more than it was, so I went down to the court and played ball. When my friends and I finished playing I decided to go home and take a shower. As I was walking into my house I saw my mom walking into her room with tears in her eyes.

Right then I knew something bad had happened. I tried comforting her, but she told me to leave her alone. I couldn't leave her alone and I tried talking to her again. She then told me about their argument which made tears start to flow again. "I'm going to move out," she said still sniffling. I asked if there was any way I could keep her from leaving. There wasn't any chance, she said. She'd had enough.

The next day I helped her pack, as much as I hated to. The next morning my mom went down river with my sister. I called her that night and told her I'd visit in a couple of days when everything was settled. I told her that my brother was coming with me. She got excited and couldn't wait to see us. She told me that my sister was having fun with her cousins, but wanted to go back home. When I hung up the phone my dad asked how they were doing. "They're fine," I said sadly, "but Kris wants to come back home." Then my dad went on with what he was doing. I told him that I was going to visit them. He agreed and made reservations for my brother and I to go down river.

During the two days I was down there I spent most of my time with my mom. My mom really didn't want me to leave but I had to because someone had to cook and take care of my dad and and my other sister, Sharon. So she let me come back up. I was hesitant, though, because our house wasn't the same anymore. It was lonely and quiet without my mom. Sometimes I'd imagine how it would be with my mom still living in the house, and my brother and and my sister running around all over the place making a mess. But our house isn't a jungle anymore because my brother has nobody to be full of mischief with.

With my mom gone I stayed home most of the day and cooked and cleaned. This took away most of the time I usually spent with my friends. My dad was always out and I had to stay in and babysit my brother and make sure he was okay. One day I couldn't handle it anymore and I blew up at my dad. "You should watch boy once in a while too!" I yelled. I talked to him about how much I wanted to go out and socialize with my friends. He must have understood because that night he stayed home and I went out and stayed with friends.

The next day I called my mom to tell her about my problems with my dad and how much I wanted her to come back home. I asked dad to talk to her and he did. "Ask her to come back home, dad," I said bossing him a little. So he asked her, and he looked at me with a smile which made me smile too. I was glad that my mom was coming back home. I told my sister and my brother, who were also happy to hear that she was coming back.

In preparation for her return, I cleaned up and made the house look nice. When she got back up here she was happy to be with us again. And we were all happy to have her and my sister back!

By: Cheryl Hunter
Problems

 

 

Living Two Lives

- Fred Alstrom

I Can't Believe It!

- Jonathan Boots

A Wish Come True

- Matthew Shorty

Unexpected Divorce

- Jackie Paul George

Problems

- Cheryl Hunter

Disastrous Divorce

- Robert Pitka

Torn Apart

- Charlotte Alstrom

Divorced!

- Mary Jane Shorty

Divorced

- Tanya Peter

A New Family

- Garrett Evan

 

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  
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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