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.

 

 

 

 

Edible and Useful Plants of Scammon Bay

 

 

EDIBLE AND USEFUL PLANTS OF SCAMMON BAY, ALASKA

 

In doing this project, the Upward Bound Program in Keggatmiut High School here in Scammon Bay had one important central idea in mind, that is, to involve students both in their natural environment and in their village community through a project that would be of practical use to them.

In realizing this goal, our game plan included several objectives, among them:

1. learning about some of the plants that were and are edible and useful to the people of Scammon Bay;
2. communicating with Scammon Bay elders in Yupik about these plants to learn their uses, etc.;
3. in communicating with the elders, to gain practice with their Yupik language and also to learn some new words and names that were and are important to the people of Scammon Bay;
4. learning how to interview with and without tape recorders;
5. gaining experience in transcribing and translating from Yupik to English;
6. learning about plant taxonomies;
7. learning how to put this information together in a form that could also benefit others who may be curious;
8. providing a written product for people to reference in the future when this plant knowledge will again be imperative to have.

We hope those who read this product may benefit as much as we have from our hard work.

Upward Bound Students of Keggatmiut High School

Barbara Hunter
Laura Hunter
Clifford Kaganak
Joseph Strongheart
Bruno Kasayuli Jr.
Steven Walker
Johnny Ulak
and teacher: Frank Keim

 

Students gathering information for "Edible and Useful Plants" project

 

Upward Bound students doing field work for project up at Magayat Rocks

 

 

Knowledge Check

Atsaq Salmonberry, Cloudberry Rubus chamaemorus	Blaise and Cristene Tinker/Steven Walker
Puyuragaq Nagoonberry Rubus arcticus	Lizy Strongheart/Steven Walker
Cillkaq Fireweed (tall & dwarf) Epilobium (angustifolium and latifolium)	Agnes Aguchak/Steven Walker
Qipaliunguaq Beach Cinquefoil Potentilla pacifica	Mariann Sundown/F. Keim
Kuaggciq Arctic dock Rumex arctica	Alice Amukon/Steven Walker
Nasqupaguaq "Head plant" or Arrowleaved Sweet Coltsfoot Petasites sagittatus	Lizy Strongheart/Steven Walker
Caklluq Rosefoot Sedum rosea	Mariann Sundown/Byron Ulak
Anllaq Bur Reed Sparganium multipedunculatum	Mariann Sundown/Barb Hunter
Quunarliaraat Mountain Sorrel Oxalis alpina	Theresa Hunter/Barbara Hunter
Mertam neqait Lousewort Pedicularis lanata	Mariann Sundown/Barbara Hunter
Tayaruq Marestail Hippurus Vulgaris	Alice Amukon/Laura Hunter
Plugutaq Coltsfoot Petasites frigida	Mamie Ulak/Laura Hunter
Teptukuyuk Yarrow Achillea sibirica	Alice Amukon & Mike Joe Sr./Byron Ulak
Cayggluk Wormwood Artemisia Campestris	Mamie Ulak/Laura Hunter
Kumaurutet Sphagnum Moss Sphagnum magellanicum	Pete Ulak/Laura Hunter
Kapukaraq Pallas Buttercup Ranunculus Pallasii	Bruno Kasayuli Sr./Byron Ulak
Cingqulliktaaq Bunchberry Cornus Canadensis	Alice Amukon/Byron Ulak
Tarnaq Cow Parsnip Heracleum lanatum	Agnes Aguchak/Clifford Kaganak
Ikituq Wild Celery Angelica lucida	Agnes Aguchak/Clifford Kaganak
Ayuq Tundra tea Ledum decumbens	Mamie Ulak/Barbara Hunter
Bearberry Kavlak Arctostaphylos alpina	Liz Kasyuli/Bruno K.
Palukutaq Palukutaq Deer Mushroom Bolete Pluteus Cervinus Leccinum sp.	Lizzie Strongheart/Joseph Strongheart
Agautaq Twisted Stalk Streptopus amplexifolius	Lizzie Strongheart/Joseph Strongheart
Tanegerpak Blackberry or Curlewberry Empetrum nigrum	Agnes Aguchak/Cliff K.
Quguyuguaq Mastodon Flower Senecio congestus	Agnes Aguchak/Clifford Kaganak
Cetuguaq Spreading Wood Fern Dryopteris austriaca	Gregory Strongheart/Joseph Strongheart
Cayuruaq Sitka burnet Sanguisorba sitchensis	Alice Amukon/Barbara H.
Ukayiruaq Mellkuruaq Cottongrass Cottongrass Eriophorum angustifolium Eriophorum Scheuzeri	Mariann Sundown/Laura Hunter
Cupuruaq Birch Betula nana	Teddy Sundown/Bruno K.
Cukvvaguaq Alder Alnus tenufolia	Liz Kasayuli/Bruno K.
Tumuageliq Cranberry Vaccinium vitis	Elizabeth K./Bruno K.
Uqvvikaq Willow Salix pulchra	Dorothy Kasayuli/Bruno K.
Curaq Blueberry Vaccinium Uliginosum	Mamie Ulak/Byron Ulak
Uqvataaraq Spirea Spirea beauvardiana	Alice Amukon/Barbara Hunter
Anuktutliaraat Brook Saxifrage Saxifraga punctata	Mike Utteryuk/Byron Ulak

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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