 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.
One Big Happy Desert
The year is 2097 and most of the humans on what
used to be the beautiful planet earth are dying off.
I came to visit the land of "tomorrow" in my space
ship Barn. I landed in what used to be known as Anchorage, Alaska,
but is now called City of Dying Hope (in an unknown language). I saw
many people walking around in weird looking protective clothing and
masks over their faces. There were run down old buildings in the
downtown area, some of which I recognized from back in 1997. And it
was so crowded there!
As soon as I stepped out of Barn the sun started
to burn my skin, and I ran for the nearest shade I could find. I saw
a girl with a name tag that said "Angel" walking by and asked her if
she had any extra protective clothes that I could borrow. Angel said
that she would give some to me, so I went to her house to get them.
While I was in her house I saw some really old pictures on the wall.
There was also one that looked like my brother, Fred. I found out
that the house was owned by my great niece, Angelica Christine
Alstrom-Darwin. After I learned how to use the protective clothing
and the skin oil she gave me, I set out to explore this mysterious
world. But just as I stepped out the door, there were giant bugs
there to greet me. I jumped back and asked Angel what they were. She
told me that they were a mutant of a cockroach and grasshopper that
was formed after President D. Jones bombed Iraq with a small nuclear
missile. As I walked on I noticed that there was more sand on the
ground than anything else. I asked Angel if any of our relatives
still lived in Marshall and if we could visit them. She said that my
brother, Shaun, and sister, Kristy, had been lucky and got to raise
their families in Marshall. But after the population grew to two
thousand the mayor, Ray Alstrom Jr., had to put a limit on how many
people could live there. Angel said that there was now no more room
for expansion and the present mayor, Ray Alstrom III, is sticking to
the quota.
Angel and I decided to fly out to Marshall in my
machine to take a look around since she had never been there before.
We landed on the airstrip that had not yet been constructed when I
left the village in the 20th century. It seemed that the tundra
underneath it was sinking because there were a lot of dips in the
runway. Otherwise I noticed that Marshall had developed well and the
citizens did a good job of keeping the town clean and healthy. Unlike
the City of Dying Hope, there were still trees around and more were
being planted. I was very proud that the people in Marshall were
doing a good job because this was the place I was worried about most
of all. One thing that surprised me, and something I would never have
expected would happen, was that they had banned all gasoline-powered
vehicles, and the people rode around on bicycles and paddled in
canoes. So the air was fresh and the water seemed clean. It was a
short walk into town and I was very pleased with what I
saw.
I decided it wasn't a good idea for me to meet my
relatives, so I hung back while Angel had her own little reunion.
Then we flew back to the City of Dying Hope that night. I missed
seeing trees and fresh water there. I even missed seeing regular
clothes. For some reason I felt bad about coming into the future. So
I went back home to 1997 where I thought long and hard about what
people are doing to the the earth and its environment. It seemed like
there was nothing good about the future City of Dying Hope, and that
made me think that it was time to start changing people's attitudes
about the environment, or else everything could be ruined.
Charlotte
Alstrom
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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