 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 Big One That Didn't Get
Away
On June 23,1994, at 7:00 a.m., we met Vein, our
fishing guide at a local restaurant in Pierre, South Dakota, where we
ate breakfast and planned our fishing excursion. We decided to try
our luck below Oahe Dam which is one of five man-made dams on the
Missouri River.
By 4:00 p.m. we had already caught our limit of
five walleyes per person. All of a sudden, Vein called my attention
to my rod in the holder, and said, "I think you've got a fish on." I
removed it, and started reeling it in. My comment was, "I've got
something on that's bigger than what we've been catching." All of a
sudden, the fish cleared the water. Vein shouted, "You've got a Tiger
Muskie on!" I wasn't really excited, but I did start checking my reel
for drag. As I started fumbling to adjust it, Vein's finger came over
my arm and adjusted it for me. The brake buzzed as the Muskie pulled
line off my reel.
Vein shouted out orders at the kids to get out of
the way. He tossed our coolers to the front of the boat, and he
grabbed the big landing net. He was more excited than I was because
as an experienced fisherman he knew the significance of what I had on
the line. He coached me to keep the tip of the rod up! First, he was
on my left side, then on my right side with the landing net in hand
ready to land the fish.
By sheer luck, a once-in-a-lifetime catch was
landed on our boat--a 26 lb. 12 oz. Tiger Muskie! What a hog! Vein
said, " I think you've landed a new state record. "Are you going to
mount it? If you don't, I will." Then I asked him, "What do you think
it will cost?" He said, "It's been a long time since I've had
anything mounted, but it may cost $300." Being a Dane, I wouldn't
give something away that was wanted by someone else.
He asked, "Do you want to dock now, or do you want
to finish catching your limit?" If I had a record breaking fish, it
was important to get its official weight before too much time had
elapsed, but I said, "Let's try to finish out our limit." Before too
long, we had caught two more fish, then we headed for the boat
dock.
We drove approximately 35 miles back to Pierre to
have the fish weighed at an official weighing station which was a
bait shop. As it turned out, another person had caught a larger Tiger
Muskie to set a new state record, so I could not claim the record. I
did get a pin though, which designates me as a South Dakota Trophy
Angler.
Tiger Muskie are a man-made fish. They are a cross
between a Northern pike and a Muskie. They are like a mule. They
cannot reproduce. Biologists breed them in a fish hatchery and
release the fry to grow for sport fisherman.
Catching a Tiger Muskie is a once-in-a-lifetime
experience. Some people spend their whole lives trying to catch one
and are not successful. I consider my catch pure luck, but it
provided me with a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
By Richard
Olsen
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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