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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.

 

 

 

 

 

The Raven Danced for Scott

A couple of years back I was riding up the road leading to the dump on a four wheeler with four bags of trash and Scott as my passenger. I was cruising along splashing through puddles at about fifteen miles per hour. As we approached the dump site I spotted about twenty or thirty ravens living their boring but normal life at the dump.

Anyways, as I slowed down the four wheeler to a complete stop, I whispered to Scott to look at the birds. Even as small as his face was at the time, you could still see all that was expressed on it. He smiled a humongous smile and his eyes lit up. He turned towards me and said, "Holy cow, you see all those birrrrds?" I had to crack a little smile myself because of his pronunciation of the word "birds."

After watching the ravens for a while he asked if he could sneak up on to them. I said, "sure." So he bent down to where he touched his knees on his chest and walked as if he were a duck. I watched him as he got closer and closer to the birds. Then he stopped and was motionless. Then I walked up to him silently and bent down beside him to where I could see every single bird instead of just the eight or ten from where I was at. From there I could finally see what he saw. It was one of the biggest birds of the flock and a very wise-looking one. The bird slid from one side to the next, left to right, and bounced up and down. Scott thought the bird was dancing for him. Then I stood up quickly and all at once the birds flew in every direction.

By: Maureen Fitka
The Raven Danced for Scott

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
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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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