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.
Marshall Profile
Introduction
Marshall is located on the Yukon River approximately 80 air miles
to the north of Bethel and 140 miles upriver from the mouth of the
Yukon on the Bering Sea. It is located on the north side of a high
bank of the river which is referred to as Fortuna Ledge. This ledge
affords Marshall protect-ion from flooding in the spring. However,
the nature of the mountain and valley country to the east combined
with the pattern of the winter winds make it a very breezy community
to live in during the winter. Since most of the taller spruce trees
were felled early in its history, this has contri-buted to its
reputation as a windy village.
Marshall is surrounded by tundra and taiga on a gentle slope
leading up to the flanks of Pilcher Mountain, named after a miner who
used to live in the area. The geology is variable, although most of
it is a green to dark grey sedimentary rock in various stages of
metamorphosis.
The village was first organized in the early part of this century
after the establishment of the gold mine at Willow Creek. Although at
first it was composed of a large number of non-Natives, today it is
an almost completely Native community with roots both up and down the
Yukon River. The majority of the community is made up of people from
the abandoned villages of Ohagamiut and Takshak with many also coming
from present day Pilot Station and Russian Mission. There are also a
few from Emmonak. The remainder are from other communities around the
Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. Its present population is approximately
300.
Marshall is a Second Class City with two governing bodies, a seven
member City Council and a seven member Traditional Council. It has a
City Manager hired by the City Council to take care of its business
and a VPSO and VPO to enforce its ordinances. The Traditional Council
President is also the Mayor of the City Council, and the City Manager
is also a member of the Traditional Council. There is one other
person who is both a member of the Traditional and City Councils.
Finally, there is a village Chief, Vernon Evan, who was elected by
the Traditional Council for life.
Marshall is unique among villages in Alaska because until
Statehood it had Territorial status. This made it a headquarters for
many state and federal agencies, including the Fish and Wildlife
Service. Where other villages had B.I.A. schools, Marshall had its
own Territorial elementary school. It even had its own U.S. Marshal.
Today it is the only Alaska village that has two official names,
Marshall and Fortuna Ledge.
F. Keim
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 Valentines
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 |
Ravens
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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