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Yup'ik RavenMarshall 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.

 

 

 

 

Two Big Ears

 

"It was in the fall of 1980 when Leo and I went to check our net across theYukon at the mouth of Owl Slough. It was getting dark and I was getting bored just sitting in the boat watching Leo pull in the net to take fish out of it. I wanted to see a lot more in the country than just fish. I wanted to see more than just the whitefish and all the cohos we were catching. Then I looked over towards the land. Among the willows I saw two big ears, but I couldn't see anything else. Soon, though, I saw the legs and, finally, when I looked in between the legs and the ears, I saw a moose body. It was a cow with two calves. To me they all looked like wolves because of the legs. I turned to Leo and asked him if he could see them, but he thought that I was talking about the fish. When I said, "NO, those things on the land!" he dropped what he was doing and started hollering at me to give him his shells. Of course, I was handing him the wrong type of shells. After all, I was just as excited as he was. Anyway, the three moose took off, but just before they reached the other side of the slough, Leo shot the cow, then the two calves which were already pretty big. Then we went home to get more help and to get Leo's hunting knife. But, you know, after that I. couldn't bear to eat moose meat because I thought too much of how I had seen the moose die."

By Palassa Fitka
As told to: Tassie Fitka

Two Big Ears

When I Clubbed A Moose

- Nastasia Turet/Maurice Turet

Where Our Luck Began

- Willie Fitka Jr./Rose Lynn Fitka

So Scared!

- Nastasia Andrew/David Andrew

Surprise Moose

- Nick Isaac/Joel Isaac

Cows and Calves

- Olga Soolook/Jolene Soolook

Two Big Ears

- Palassa Fitka/Tassie Fitka

Two Moose to Pack

- David Fitka/Kimberly Fitka

One Last Slough

- Delores Paul/Cheryl Hunter

Two Big Bulls

- Ruth Fitka/Willie Paul Fitka

 

(Alces alces) The Moose

  

Moose Fact Sheet

 

Student Stories

 

Stories By Parents

 

Stories By Elders

 

Stories By Successful Hunters

 

Stories By School Staff

 

"If I were a Moose…"

 

 

 

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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