 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.
Tale of the Two Brothers from
Takchak
A Long time ago during the wars among
the tribes there were two boys from Takchak who were feared by many
tribes. This was because of their strength and skills with the bow
and arrow. The boys were known to nail a bear to a cottonwood tree
with one arrow. They were also known to bow and arrow a swan for 12
miles, hitting it at one end of the muddy lakes and nailing it to
Pilcher Mountain. Pilcher was know to the natives as Chuggerpak, and
is located behind the village known today as Marshall.
In those days the river in front of
Marshall was like a slough, and the two boys would go up Maserculiq
(Willow Creek) to hunt. The sounds of their bows and arrows could be
heard in Takohak (six miles away). The vibrations of their bow were
powerful enough to kill snipes along the beach as the boys canoed on
the slough.
As the years went by one of the
brothers went up river above Takchak to camp with his wife. This was
the time of the Thunderbird, known to us as Tengmiarpak (meaning big
bird). The bird was so huge it could carry a man and his canoe or a
white whale off in flight. The Thunderbird's nest is located 15 miles
below Russian Mission. Even today the mountain is called Ungluq which
means "nest of the Thunderbirds".
One fine day during the summer the
wife of one of the brothers was cutting fish at the beach while he
was tending his trap. Suddenly a Thunderbird swooped down and carried
the wife off. In the past some times children were also carried off
to be fed to the baby Thunderbirds.
With anger, the man with the powerful
bow (known as Urlurpalik)climbed the mountain. When he got to the
nest he found only his wife's head was left over for the two baby
Thundersbirds. The man was so angry he took out his arrows and killed
off the baby birds. Then the mother attacked. But the boy was quick
and warded off the attacks. When the battle was all over Urlurpalik
had cuts on his arms from the talons of the bird, but he had managed
to kill the mother Thunderbird who rolled down the mountain into the
Yukon. While waiting around for the father Thunderbird to return the
boy observed many skeletons of bears and people, and even a whale.
There were also many remains of broken canoes. When the father
Thunderbird arrived the boy was hiding behind a rock. He took out his
arrows and shot the father Thunderbird in the breast many times. It
flew up north and has never seen since then.
Told to Alex Evan(my dad) by Mrs. Agathlak
and typed by Yvonne Evan
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BEARS
 BEES
And
BALD EAGLES
By the sudents of
Frank's Math and
Science Class
Marshall, AK
Winter
1992-1993
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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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