 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.
STRANDED
During the summer of 1983, my uncle, mom, cousin, and I went by
boat around the Askinuk Mountains to go egg and bird hunting.
When morning came we got our necessary equipment, warm clothes,
and food ready for the trip. By the time we were all set to go the
bright orange yellow sun was peeping up from the far end of the vast
eastern tundra. Then we got in our big, sturdy gray boat with its
small, white kicker, and we pushed off.
As we drove along the narrow river there was the scent of clean
fresh air, but we could also smell the muddy aroma of rotting
vegetation. The mountains were clad in green with scattered yellow
and brown in-between. The bare tundra seemed to slide under the
mountain with great silence. As we got closer to the bend of the long
mountains, the splashing, black waves grew louder and louder. As they
hit against the boat they made everyone jump up in the air.
By the time we reached a narrow river our rear ends were aching
drastically from the hard seats of the old boat. As we edged into the
narrow river we began to hear birds murmuring. Then we could see them
rocking slowly in the nearby ponds. Along the shore line of the river
goose grass swayed in the water and stretched their short necks high
up in the air, reaching, it seemed, for the clear blue sky
itself.
We got out of the dingy boat and brought our stuff with us. As we
walked on the dry tundra it crunched with the excitement of the
adventure ahead of us. By the end of the day we had found a lot of
eggs and caught a lot of birds. It was our lucky day.
Before we headed our boat back out into the widely spreading ocean
before us, we looked back once more at the still tundra, not
suspecting what lay ahead.
As we were slowly turning the pointed tip of Cape Romanzoff our
motor died on us. My uncle worked with the stubborn motor for about
three hours but it took its time to get fixed. As we were waiting we
watched the orange and gold sunrise above the quiet western horizon.
The calm black ocean surrounded the slowly floating boat with great
silence.
By the time we got home the sunrise had totally disappeared from
the horizon. But it was still hot out and the pressure of the heat
weakened our bodies as we entered our even hotter house. We were very
glad to be home though and that everything was back to normal.
By, Wanda Kasayuli
Navegillemtni
Kiak, irraalumi 1983-allrani angaaka, anaka, ilaaka-llu
ayall-ruukut negermun, ingrit amaatit-nun kaiyaangussurluta
nutegyar-luta-llu.
Unuakullrani taquaput, atura-put, neqkaput-llu upluki.
Upcim-ainanirma akerta puglliniuq ung-aken nunam iquanek. Ekukut
angerparnun angyamun mekellraimek-llu ellii-qerangqerlluni.
Ayallemta naryuumaukut uqvai-nek aneryararceluuni-llu. Taugam
akauni maraiyamek naryuuminaqluni. Ingritlu cungaglingqerrlluteng
nunaapigangqer-lluteng-llu akuatni. Ninaapik-llu acaini ingrim
nepainani uitauralria. Ingrim iqua tekitellemteni emapim qairit
qassturiinarluteng. Qairet angyam ciuqeraani migpautaqluteng
qeckauvvkallruakut.
Tekitellemteni allaamun qaner-yaraamun nulluput akninarqellrut
angyam currua teggngami. Itlemteni kuigamun eniicuumaluki yaqulget
qan-ellrit cali tangerssumaluuki kiumall-ratni nanvvami. Nunam-llu
cenaani qatellriit takellriit-llu canget kiumarluteng. Nunapik-llu.
naunranek patengqerlluni qilaamun-llu tekiteng-naqluteng.
Yuuluta angyamek taquaput-llu taguulluki. Pektellemteni nunaapim
qaingani qiagyirliuni. Anglanii-luta cakneq. Amllernek kaiyaangurnek
yaqulegnek-llu pilluuta. Tangerlluku nepailnguq nunaapik
tangerngairucamciu kinguanillu imarpigmun ceurluta. Ingriq
uiveqatallemni elliiqeryaraaput tuquq.
Angam kitugtengnarqellqa akanek. Akaraurcan elliiqerraq ayagtuq.
Utaq-ainanemteni akerta pugellrulliiniuq merem qaingani. Tungulria
neq qairitqapiglluni. Qairiteliran nepai-tevvkaraa. Cukaiteliria
pugtauralria-llu angyaq ayagtuq nepainani.
Tekitellemteni mavet maraiyar-miunun akerta qulemtenun
ayallrullii-niuq. Merem agturngairulluuku. Itlemtengi kircetellriamun
menun qai-put tekitellemtenek calii-liu carka-put ataam pingluki.
By:
Wanda Kasayuli
Student
Stories of the Bering
-nonfiction-
Stories
by Elders and Others
Poems of
The Sea
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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