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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.

 

 

 

 

Two Black Bear Experiences

During the summer, Vernon and Irene Evan moved to fishcamp upriver above Ingrahak. One night, while they were trying to sleep, Irene was awakened by a black bear knocking and scratching on their door. She woke Vernon up. He went to look out the window to see what it was. When he glanced out the window he saw a black bear's rear end trotting down their ramp. Vernon looked out the window on the south side and he met the bear's eyes while it was passing by. He grabbed his rifle just as the bear came from the side and dug into the trash bag. Then he hit the plywood from the inside with his rifle to frighten the bear away from the trash.

The bear then dashed down to their smoke house and sniffed around for fish to eat. Vernon was going to shoot the bear, but it was too close. He thought if he missed it, the bear might charge him. So, he held his fire and the bear disappeared into the woods.

Vernon tried to go back to sleep, but an hour later the bear returned. The two dogs started barking at the bear. The bear was eating some left over fish when Vernon walked toward him to get a good aim. But when he shot he missed the bear and it ran away.

The bear returned again when my parents and Debbie left the fishcamp for Marshall. Around 6:00 A.M. the dogs started barking. Vernon retrieved his rifle and he went down to our tent. He thought the bear was inside and he walked towards it. But then he thought he heard trees making noise. The bear had become trapped in the snare behind the tent. He shot the bear and killed it. Then he went back to his house and ate breakfast. After eating, he went down and took the snare off the bear. He dragged it in front of our tent and covered it with ply wood. He called Marshall and told someone to pick it up for dog food.

The second bear awoke my parents, Anna and Mary Jane. They were sleeping in our tent. Someone knocked on Vernon's door. It was my mom, Anna and Mary Jane. My dad signaled to Vernon to get his rifle and help him shoot the bear. So Vernon went down with his rifle and he and my dad slowly and quietly walked up the hill behind our tent. They spotted the bear caught in a snare and dragging a pole and they shot and killed it. Then Vernon and the others all went back to his house and slept in peace. The next day he called down to Marshall to have Fred Fitka pick up the bear.

 

By: Vernon Evan
Interviewed by: Flora Evan

Two Black Bear Experiences

 

Katie's Summer Vacation

- Katie Evan

Augusta Askoak's Vacation

- Olga Moxie

Angela's Unforgetable Summer!

- Tina Papp

A Change to a Modern Engine

- Gabe Evan/Flora Evan

Terri Evan

- Loretta Coffee

Before Fishing Started For William Andrew

- Henry Minock

Nastasia's Summer

- Barbara Andrew

Nick Isaac

- Barbara Andrew

Julia Papp's Summer Story

- Marlene Papp

James Edison's Hard Working Summer!

- Tina Papp

Two Black Bear Experiences

- Vernon Evan/Flora Evan

My Mother's Summer

- Henry Manumik

My Dad's Summer

- Henry Manumik

Summer Vacation for Nathan

- Laverne Manumik

Tom's Summer Vacation

- Marlene Papp

"Fire fighting with Frank Amouak and Wesley Pitka"
First Fire

- Palassa Sergie

"Fire fighting with Frank Amouak and Wesley Pitka"
Second Fire

- Palassa Sergie

Myra Freaks Out In The Store!!

- Norma Evan/Gabriel Duny

Clara Shorty's Summer

- Mary Jane Stanislaus

Augusta Askoar's Summer of 1991

- Mary Jane Stanislaus

Christine Teganlakla's Summer

- Billy Waska

Andy Boots' Summer

- Billy Waska

Andy Boots

- Leslie R. Hunter Jr.

Karen Hunter

- Leslie R. Hunter Jr.

My Mom's Summer Vacation

- Laverne Manumik

 

Letter From
Augusta L. Bishop, Assistant Superintendent

 

Summer Time Tails
By The Marshall Mustang
High School Students

 

Summer Time Tails
from the
Village

  

Summer Time Tails By The
Marshall Mustang 8th Grade
Students

 

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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