 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.
The Arctic Char
(Salvenus alpinus Linnaeus)
(Yugyak)
Arctic char live in the coastal regions of the
Alaska Peninsula, the Bering Strait and the Arctic region, with major
concentrations found north of the Arctic Circle. Most research on the
migratory Arctic char has been conducted on the Sagavanirktok River
drainage on the North Slope. The Arctic chars that come from the
ocean have a silvery sheen with a greenish-blue color on the back and
upper sides. There are small pinkish spots along and below the
lateral line. As the spawning season approaches, the silvery sheen
changes to a deeper blue or green. The pink spots blossom into
definite red spots haloed in white. The underportion of the belly
varies from a deep yellow in females to a brilliant reddish orange in
males. The pectoral, pelvic and anal fins of spawning males have
definite white leading edges, followed by a black band fading into
crimson red.
Arctic char spawn every other year in September
and October. A female will deposit an average of 4,000 eggs into a
depression in the gravel. After the eggs are released by the female
and are fertilized by the male, they are covered with gravel. They
begin to hatch in April and the fry emerge from the gravel in June
when they are about one inch long. Juvenile char remain in fresh
water for three or four years and then migrate to the sea. Juvenile
and adult char migrate downstream immediately following breakup of
the ice in late May or early June. While at sea, char feed
extensively on fish and shrimp-like animals. Spawning char return to
the river tributaries in late August while nonspawners return to
fresh water in early September. While in fresh water, char feed
mainly on young, mosquito-like insects.
September is the best time to fish for Arctic
char. Hundreds of fish sometimes gather under a cutbank or in a quiet
eddy. Arctic char rarely provide aerial displays for the angler, but
their bullish charges provide plenty of excitement when reeling him
in.
There are two good locations where Arctic char
congregate. One favored spot is on the Wulik River near the village
of Kivalina on the Chukchi Sea coast. The other is on the Ivishak
River, a tributary to the Sagavanirtok River.
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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