 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 Sea-Bear that turned into a Seal"
Once a long time ago a hunter went out seal hunting in
the ocean.
He never used to have any luck catching seal, but this time, after
paddling his kayak for a very long while, all of a sudden he heard a
roaring sound. The roaring kept up as he searched for where it was
coming from. He got closer until he saw what looked like a kind of "Sea-Bear." He
went right up next to it and be was so close to the Sea-Bear that it raised its
head up out of the water and roared and
roared. Only when it began to settle down did the hunter notice it
was wearing a shaggy coat. As he approached it, he could see its head
also had long hair that was hanging down, and it raised its hairy
head up and roared loudly. The hunter was wondering whether to go
back or not. He wanted to go home because he was scared of it. But he
paddled over to it instead, and as he did so the Sea-Bear went up on
land where it lay down on its heavy coat. He decided then to hunt
this animal.
So he speared it somewhere in its heavy coat. But as he speared it
the Sea-Bear suddenly ran down to the water.
As it ran down, the hunter held on to his harpoon line with all
his might. Somehow it managed to get into the water though and when
he tried to pull it out nothing happened. It dived again but the
hunter was holding on to the line for dear life. When he came up he
pulled again, but still nothing happened to the Sea-Bear. It dived
again, but he held on to it again. The hunter was just blowing up a
seal skin float so it wouldn't sink when it came up again. He pulled
and pulled but it dived again. The hunter was holding on to it and
pulling it for all he was worth when it popped up from the water once
more. It was then that he could see the Sea-Bear was turning into a
seal. Then it dived again. He waited and waited until at last it
popped up from the water once again. And again he could see it was
really turning into a seal. It dived again four times and when it
appeared the fourth time on the surface of the water it had
completely turned into a seal. He kept holding on to it and finally
he pulled it up into his kayak. Then he hauled it on shore and cut it
up.
After he cut it up, he brought it home. And from that point on
every time he saw an animal he caught it. Everytime he went seal
hunting he would catch whatever he saw.
By
Michael Uttereyuk Sr. as told to Michael Uttereyuk Jr.
Student
Stories of the Bering
-fiction-
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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