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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.

 

 

 

Bear Experience

One year my mom, James and my uncle John went moose hunting up river by Devil's Elbow. They all stayed in Pete William's cabin for three days. During those three days they heard bear noises. They knew for sure it was a big bear, and it was not scared. Even though they used the chain saw the bear wouldn't go away. This all happened for two days.

On the third day, while my mom was cooking and James and Johnny were taking a nap, my mom heard the bear walking around the cabin. My mom got scared and she woke up James and Johnny. While the bear was around the cabin, James was so tired of it coming around he decided to scare the bear away by loading his shotgun and firing it in the direction the bear went.

After lames shot, they all went outside to see where the bear went. But they couldn't tell They waited and waited until they heard the large bear coming toward them. When it charged James fired the shot gun from his hip because he had no time to fire from his shoulder. As he was firing the bear finally turned back! Hte was firing so fast he didn't notice his finger was scraped from the gun kicking back. Then they waited half an hour more. It got so quiet that they could hear a little stick break from a mile away. While they were waiting they started to get a little scared, James even started to get a little shakey.

Time passed and they began to feet a little better. They were so serious, and they all wanted to see where the bear stopped when James finished firing. They figured the bear had stopped about five or six feet away from them. After they checked the bear tracks, they were so worried they decided to pack up and go. They didn't want to deal with the big Brownie anymore because nobody could say what he might do next. Before they took off they waited a little white longer to see if the bear would come out. But the bear didn't come out, and they picked up stakes and left.

James said they were lucky to be alive today. If the bear didn't stop it probably would have torn them all apart. After their experience they wouldn't go through any thick brush or trees. He said he was glad they were still all alive now.

 

Story told By James Edison

Typed By Tina Papp

Bear Experience

Bear Fire

True Stories
from Experience

My Boat Ride

- Sally Duny / Gabe Duny

The Excitement of the Bear

- Theresa Shorty / Palassa Sergie

My Grandmother's Story

- Irene Evan / Flora M. Evan

The Frightened Attack

- Marlene Papp

An Unexpected Bear Hunt

- Carol Manumik / Henry S. Manumik

Big Bear

- Leslie Hunter / Leslie Hunter Jr.

Bear Experience

- James Edison / Tina Papp

The Lucky Black Bear

- Carol Manumik / La Verne Manumik

A Bear that Visited

- Martha Evan / Barbara Andrew

 

 

Bear Fire
Stories and Poems
about Bears

by Marshall High School
Language Arts Classes
Spring, 1992

 

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Information about Bears

Creative Stories from the Imagination

True Stories from Experience

Poems

 

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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