 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.
Adventures into the
Unknown
It was a calm day out at sea as my friend Bill and
I approached the surface of the water. Our purpose on this voyage was
to discover treasures that had been unknown for thousands of years.
We had to travel 4,989 miles away from where we lived on this voyage.
A long time before we planned to go, my father told me that there
were unknown treasures somewhere at the end of the trip.
As Bill and I came out on the deck of the
submarine we saw an island with huge mountains out the window. When
our odometer showed 4,985 miles we slowed the engines down to 20
knots. We rode along the shoreline to search for any evidence of
human life but we didn't see any signs. There were strange furry
four-legged creatures that looked like bears walking on the sandbar.
They glared at us as we rode along the coastline. Within a mile or so
we saw an old house that was nearly burned down to the ground. As we
approached the rocky shore of the island Bill saw some strange animal
tracks along the beach. So we paddled over to the beach in our small
boat.
When we reached the beach my whole crew left the
boat, and we had a meeting about where we'd go and search for the
treasure. I had a metal detector so acouple of the guys went with me.
We walked many miles in search of old landmarks. Hours passed by but
no one found any evidence. Everyone was to meet back at camp at
midnight. As we gathered around the fireplace, strange noises were
coming from the trees. It sounded like people or some sort of animal
making humming noises.
Everyone felt uncomfortable so we went back to the
submarine which we had parked near the beach. We all went inside to
sleep. Sunrise was only a few hours away when we heard strange noises
coming from the side of the submarine. The noise sounded like a sharp
object scratching against the metal, and it was getting louder and
louder. Bill and I ran to the glass window to see if there was
anything in sight. I looked out the front window which was facing
down into the dark water but nothing appeared. I could only see
little fish swimming.
Just as I turned away one of the men hollered, "It's on the roof!" Then Bill said, "There it is!" But
it was too late when I looked back. Bill said he just saw huge eyes passing
by
the window screen.
The submarine began to tip slowly on its side. I
ran to the weapon box and told the men that we needed to scare the
creature away. Everyone took axes and harpoons out of the box and got
ready to exit the surface door. I was the only one with a gun at that
time. As I was about to open the hatch the creature crossed right
over the top of the submarine. We waited a minute and went outside.
We didn't see anything in sight.
Then BOOM, I shot! The creature was coming from
the rear end of the submarine. A couple of the guys threw their
harpoons and ran back into the sub. The creature dove into the water
and approached us very slowly. We couldn't see anything, though,
because it was too dark. The only light outside was a small
spotlight. And it was pretty dim. When ripples in the water appeared
right in front of us. We all got ready to hit the creature. But
nothing showed up.
We waited and waited. Minutes went by without a
noise or anything in sight. The night breeze chilled our bodies as we
waited for the creature to appear. But the only sound that we heard
was our own hearts pounding as if it were coming from our ears. It
seemed like everyone froze in their spots.
We thought the creature had gone, so we slowly
went back down into the sub. Then all of the sudden the submarine was
moving back and forth on its side and a couple of the men almost fell
overboard. Out of nowhere the creature came from the front of the
boat in a massive movement. The creature had big pincers that
stretched half-way across the submarine. All the guys got their
harpoons and everyone threw them at the monster, but it started
climbing over the submarine and grabbed one of the men and nearly
drowned him. When the head of the creature came out of the water I
took a shot at it. But it had a strong grip around the
man.
The weight of the animal was so heavy the
submarine started to tip on its side. All of a sudden I felt myself
in the water. Everything happened so fast I didn't even realize I was
swimming. I felt like I'd blacked out or something. Then one of the
guys grabbed me from the water and took the gun away from me. The
other guys were trying to chop the arm of the creature so that it
would let go of the crewman. Finally when the arm of the creature
started bleeding badly it dropped the man. He fell in the water and
we threw out a rope to pull him in. The creature then dove back into
the water and swam away.
Our crewman was in critical condition so we gave
him medical care. A lot of other guys got hurt too and had bad cuts,
so we also had to tend to them. The following day we decided to go
back home so the crew could recuperate and so we wouldn't have
another encounter with this weird creature that attacked our boat. It
was the first time we'd ever seen a creature like that. It looked
like a giant furry crab and was so ugly and terrible we didn't want
to ever see it again.
By: Jack
George
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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