 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 Creation
Legend
A very long time ago, Raven was flying over the
big waters and saw a beautiful fish woman swimming be low. Raven fell
in love with her and flew down to ask her to marry him. The fish
woman was happy to see him, but before she would marry him she made
him agree to one condition.
"I will marry you, Raven," she said, "if you
will make some land so that I don't have to swim all of the time and
I can dry my hair on the beach."
Raven agreed to her request and flew away to
make land. He wanted someone to help him so he went to find some
help.
He flew around until he found a seal swimming
in the warm waters.
"Seal," said Raven, "I need some sand from the
bottom of the sea. Will you dive down and bring up some for
me?"
Raven was very clever and did not tell the seal
what he wanted the sand for.
Seal replied, "I will have to ask Frog for the
sand."
Raven thought for a moment and said, "If you
will ask Frog to get the sand for me, I will grant you both a
favor."
"Oh," said Seal, "I'd like to have a shiny,
warm coat of fur to keep me warm instead of these slimy scales. Then
I could swim in the colder waters and keep warm."
Raven promised Seal the fur coat if he'd get
the sand for him. At once Seal dived to the bottom of the sea where
he found Frog. He told him of the Raven's request and promise to
grant them both a favor.
Frog told Seal, "Tell Raven that if he wants my
sand he will have to make me Keeper-of-the-Earth's-Treasures, once
and for all."
Seal was amazed at such a request but told it
to Raven who was also amazed.
"That's asking for a lot," Raven said, "but
tell Frog that if he gives me the sand I will grant his
request."
With that, Seal again dived down deep to speak
with Frog, all the while wishing that he had asked for more than just
a fur coat.
When he told Frog that Raven agreed, Frog
filled an old frogskin with sand and gave
it to Seal.
As soon as Raven had the sand, he flew high
into the air where the wind was blowing the strongest. Then, he
opened the frogskin and cast the sand into the wind where it was
scattered to all four corners of the world. Every place that a grain
of sand landed, an island was formed. Some islands were bigger than
others because some sand grains were bigger than others.
Once the land was made, the fish woman walked
on the beach and dried her hair for the first time in her life. She
agreed to marry Raven, and from their marriage came the great Raven
clan.
For their help, Seal received a warm fur coat
and Frog became the guardian of the earth's treasures.
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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