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.

 

 

 

 

 

Raven Encounters

I remember when I was sitting down in my house there were these ravens by my dog Snoopy and by Richard Oney's dogs. They were looking for scraps the dogs left and were trying to snatch away the food I gave to Snoopy. They'd back off and watch him eat and then they'd go closer and Snoopy wouldn't bother to scare them away. Then as I watched the birds, they'd fly back, as if by instinct knowing that the dog might charge. Then they'd hop around on the snow and play, spreading their wings out wide.

When they knew there wasn't any food around they'd fly away. Sometimes they would fly far up in the sky, one hitting the other and then flying away as the other would fly after it like they were playing tag, or they would suddenly drop many feet down, stopping before they hit the hard surface of the ground.

What fascinated me was the way they reacted to each other. I noticed that ravens are cautious and that they watch out for predators. They also fly when they hear strange noises nearby. Like today when I was leaving my house one flew 15 feet before I even closed the door. The ravens would also tease the dogs until they'd chase them away, but they would still come back. Sometimes it seems they are talking to each other and they understand. It is strange.

Carmen Pitka

Raven Encounters	- Carmen Pitka
The Raven Danced for Scott	- Maureen Fitka
Ravens at the Dump	- Lois Moore
The Raven and The Pup	- Fred Alstrom
Raven's Fun	- Chris Fitka
Two Ravens Dancing on the Tundra	- Kathy Duny
Ravens on Pilcher Mountain	- Darcy Kameroff
Ravens at the Dump	- Tanya Peter

Profiles of Raven's Family

Raven's Yupik Stories Student Encounters

Raven's Yupik Stories Original Student Folktales

Raven's Yupik Stories from our community

Other Raven Yupik And Inupiat Tales

Raven's Athabaskan Tales

Raven's Stories from S.E. Alaska

More About Raven

 

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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