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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.

 

 

 

 

Biggest Fish in the World

 

During the summer of '95, Leslie Hunter, Walter and I commercial fished for Kings near Cunningham Mountain, which is called Qengaq in Yupik.

Before summer we got prepared for fishing so that when the kings arrived we would be ready for a good season. And although the prices were fairly low, we did pretty good on the amount of fish we caught.

Our first couple of drifts were fun because we were catching a lot of fish. As we continued to drift, the amount of fish began slacking off. But we kept going because we knew that we wouldn't be making any profit if our net was out of the water.

After several times drifting it got pretty boring because we weren't catching as much fish as we were at the start of the opening. But once when we were pulling in the net we caught another big run. And that made the end of the period much more fun. Parts of the net were underwater because there were still a few fish in it. I was taking care of the lead line because it is much heavier and that's where most of the fish get caught.

As I was pulling in the net it got real heavy and I was having a hard time pulling it in. I thought that we'd caught a snag or something. But when the "something" came up it was a huge King salmon. The head was so big that the 4 1/2 in. net mesh got stuck around its gills. Only half of its body was in the boat, and since I didn't want to lose it, I gaffed the huge fish and threw it in the boat.

After I was done untangling the net I threw the fish in the tote. It was really enormous and measured a foot and a 1/4 wide. It stood about five feet tall when I lifted it off the floor. And it weighed approximately 70 pounds. We were really freaking out because that was the biggest King salmon we ever saw!

 

By: Jack George

Biggest Fish in the World

Biggest Fish in the World

- Jack George

A Good Fight

- Charlotte Alstrom

It was a Whopper!

- Tatiana Sergie

My Biggest Fish

- Willie Paul Fitka

A Real Fighter!

- Jonathan Boots

Three Big Fish!

- Cheryl Hunter

Thirty Thrilling Seconds

- Rose Lynn Fitka

 

Fishy Research Student Whoppers Parent Whoppers Elder Whoppers
Staff Whoppers Adventures Under the Sea Global Warming The Crystal Ball--Imagining how it will be

 

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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