 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 Steals The Sun, Stars
And Moon
In the beginning there was no moon or
stars at night. Raven was the most powerful being. He made all of the
animals, fish, trees, and men. He had made all living creatures. But
they were all living in darkness because he had not made the sun
either.
One day. Raven learned that there was
a chief living on the banks of the Nass River who had a very
wonderful daughter who possessed the sun, the moon, and the stars in
carved cedar boxes. The chief guarded her and the treasure
well.
Raven knew that he must trick the
villagers to steal their treasure, so he decided to turn himself into
a grandchild of the great chief. Raven flew up on a tall tree over
their house and turned himself into a hemlock needle. Then, as the
needle, he fell into the daughter's drinking cup and when she filled
it with water, she drank the needle. Inside the chief's daughter,
Raven became a baby and the young woman bore a son who was dearly
loved by the chief and was given whatever he asked for.
The stars and moon were each in a
beautifully carved cedar box which sat on the wood floor of the
house. The grandchild, who was actually Raven, wanted to play with
them and wouldn't stop crying until the grandfather gave them to him.
As soon as he had them Raven threw them up through the smokehole.
Instantly, they scattered across the sky. Although the grandfather
was unhappy, he loved his grandson too much to punish him for what he
had done.
Now that he had tossed the stars and
moon out of the smokehole, the little grandson began crying for the
box containing the sunlight. He cried and cried and would not stop.
He was actually making himself sick because he was crying so much.
Finally, the grandfather gave him the box.
Raven played with the box for a long
time. Suddenly, he turned himself back into a bird and flew up
through the smokehole with the box.
Once he was far away from the village
on the Nass River he heard people speaking in the darkness and
approached them.
"Who are you and would you like to
have light?" he asked them. They said that he was a liar and that no
one could give light. To show them that he was telling the truth,
Raven opened the ornately carved box and let sunlight into the world.
The people were so frightened by it that they fled to every corner of
the world. This is why there is Raven's people everywhere.
Now there are stars, the moon and
daylight, and it is no longer dark all of the time.
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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