 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 Sheefish in Alaska
(Stenodus Ieucichthyus nelma)
(Cii)
The Sheefish was called inconnu (unknown fish) by
the early French explorers, and is found only in arctic and subarctic
North America and Siberia. A few are found in the smaller rivers of
Norton Sound. It is incredibly abundant at times and nonexistent in
the same waters a short time later. Its tremendous size, fighting
ability and fine eating qualities make the sheefish one of the most
unique trophy fish in North America.
The Sheefish is a member of the whitefish family
but is distinguishable from the more common whitefish by its strong
extended lower jaw. The color is silvery with a darker color on the
dorsal fin. It has a purple sheen when it is taken from the water.
The males and females are similar but the females live longer and are
a larger size. Sheefish in the Selawik-Kobuk area weigh up to sixty
pounds while Interior Alaska fish reach twenty pounds.
Sheefish in Alaska have been separated into five
major populations. Upstream migration from the wintering grounds
begins during breakup. The migration ranges from a few weeks in the
upper Yukon to over four months in the lower Yukon River where
sheefish travel one thousand miles upstream to spawn in the Alatna
River. A twelve pound spawning female may contain one hundred
thousand eggs while a fifty pound female contains up to four hundred
thousand eggs. Sheefish do not dig nests for the eggs. The female
spawns at the surface of the water with the male swimming underneath
fertilizing the eggs. The fertilized eggs then fall to the bottom of
the stream in the gravel. Sheefish do not die after spawning and live
to spawn again. At six months the eggs start to hatch. When the eggs
become fry they travel downstream during the spring and start to feed
on plankton. Their diet changes to insect larvae and small fish, and
by the second year of life they feed almost entirely on fish. Males
mature from age five to nine and females from age seven to eleven.
Adults eat any fish available, such as ciscoes, salmon smolts, pike,
smelt and other whitefish.
Sheefish is a subsistence food for Natives and
their dogs. They can be taken at the mouth of clear water streams of
the Yukon River throughout the summer. The best fishing time on the
Yukon is the last two weeks of September, and on the Kuskokwim in
July.
Tatiana
Sergie
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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