 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.
Feature News
A Bad Year For
Eeling
Eeling hasn't been as good over the
past few years as the elders say it was in the past. In the past
there were a lot of lamprey eels in the river and they always caught
lots around the first week in November. And they didn't only have one
run of eels but sometimes three runs.
Jackie George was one of the many
eelers who went out to go look for eels. He did as good as most of
the other guys who went. This year most of the eels were closer to
shore by Clem's camp, and towards Ingiraq they were further out on
the river. Jackie caught about a gunny sack full of eels. The eeling
season was fun for him because there were a lot of people there doing
this traditional Yupik activity.
Nick Isaac was another person that
went to look for the eels and he also did good. He went both to
Clem's camp and to lngriraq and caught one and a half bags of eels.
Nick had a lot of fun because it was the first time in three years he
got some lamprey. It was also fun because he only hunts lamprey once
a year and it was a good change. The reason why Nick thinks the eel
return is going down is the same as what the elders say--that if we
waste eels one year we'll get less in the future; and also that
people who have recently lost a relative are not supposed to go down
to the river until the eels pass. If relatives of a recently deceased
person go down to the ice before the eels get here, he said, the eels
will scatter and go faster upriver.
Vernon Evan, one of the elders from
Marshall, said "The main reason the eels are getting less is because
people are getting careless and just leaving the eels on the ice, and
the eels don't like that. Like when people catch too many eels and
say they are going to go get them later on, but then it snows and
they forget where they left them because the snow has covered them." Vernon said
they used to catch a lot more eels in the past when they weren't as careless
as they are now.
After catching their eels, which
people here call "nameryaq," they use them for their dogs and also
cook them for their own consumption.
Jonathan
Boots
Floss Your
Teeth
The dentist is here! And one of our
own high school graduates, Gerilyn Fitka, is his assistant! Gerilyn
is now living in Bethel. The things she does as a dental assistant in
Bethel are: sterilize intruments, polish teeth, give flouride
treatments, take X-rays, clean- up, help with scheduling patients,
pack equipment, assist him in any other way he needs.
Gerilyn works for the YKHC Dental
Department. She works mainly in Bethel but also in different
villages. She has been working at her job for one year, and she has
traveled to nine different villages, including Nightmute, Hooper Bay,
Mountain Village, Kotlik, Akiak, Alakanuk, Holy Cross, Aniak and
Marshall. The things she does when she travels are:
polish teeth, give flourides, show kids
how to brush, help with fillings, help pull teeth and do sealants and
crowns, and schedule patients.
Gerilyn has been in Marshall since
the first of November and she will be leaving on the eleventh, but
the dentist came on the third and left on the seventh. He will return
for another week in December.
Tatiana
Sergie
Armory Nearly
Finished
Right now at the armory they're
painting inside and doing exterior finish work. They are also pretty
much on schedule in terms of finishing the construction of the
building.
Tim, the foreman, said that the
building design came from Architects Alaska in Anchorage who got the
design from an outfit in Canada that specializes in northern
construction. The roof is stronger than most house roofs and can hold
more snow than usual. But it's a standard 3/12 pitched roof which
means there's three feet of rise for every twelve feet of
run.
The foundation is very different and
has many aluminum poles holding the building up. It is made this way
so that if one pole gives out the others will hold the building up.
Then they could simply replace the pole that gave out. It's also made
especially for northern climates.
After the building is finished it
will have to be inspected by the State of Alaska.
Maurice
Turet
Brush Your
Teeth!
Dr. Todd M. Evans and his dental
assistant recently were in Marshall after traveling to Aniak,
Upper/Lower Kalskag, Akiachak and Pilot Station. Formerly from
Indiana, Todd lives in Bethel and works as a dentist. He provides
primary dental care services to the people of the Y-K Delta. Todd has
worked with the United States Public Health Service for two and a
half years. The clinic he works at is based out of Bethel, and when
they travel around the villages they carry portable equipment with
them. Todd arrived here in Marshall on November 3rd and stayed until
November 7th. While he was here he did dental exams, cleanings,
fillings, sealants, oral hygiene instructions, extractions,
consultations and referrals. He will be back on December 8 and will
be here until December 12. So, children, parents and elders, keep
your teeth clean!
 Rose
Lynn Fitka
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The AFN
Convention
During the AFN Convention,
students who were selected to represent the LYSD stayed at
the Inlet Tower Suites. There were three students to each
room. The convention was held at the Egan Center.
The first day after we
signed in and were welcomed by the Barrow dance group, we
sat and listened to Jeenie Green talk about Alaskan culture
and Heartbeat Alaska.
The next day, we had to wake
up early in the morning to start our meetings where we
talked about subsistence hunting and the past, and how it
affected young people, what it was like to live when the "white man" first
came, and how much Alaska has changed over the past ten years.
The third day we met the
1964 ten kilometer Olympic gold medalist, Bill Mills.
Everyone called him Billy because that is what he wanted to
be called. A few of us got his autograph. Then we had group
meetings where all the different Alaskan cultural groups
went into a room and talked about whatever questions they
had.
The fourth day, we had our
last meeting about subsistence. We also talked about
sobriety, hunting, and diapers. One guy asked, "Why do we
call what our ancestors did for a living in the past,
subsistence?" We talked about that for a long while. And I
wondered, why do we call that subsistence? Later, I looked
up the meaning of the word subsistence. According to the
dictionary, it is "the minimum amount of food and/or shelter
we need to live in this world." Which means taking the fish
and game we need to survive well on in today's world, just
as our grandparents did in their day.
That night, we had a teen
dance. It was really cool. It was from 8:00 P.M. to midnight
at the Egan Center. During our free time we either went
shopping or to a movie. While we were in Anchorage, two
students got sent home for drinking. I think that if you
want to go on a school-sponsored trip you should try and do
your best and not think about messing up.
Mary June
Tinker
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Editorial Page
Max's
Message from the Best
Little School on the Yukon
Feature News
What's Happenin' at
School?
November
1997 Calendar
Elders
Page
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Taking the Wrong
Trail
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Alexander Isaac
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Dedications
Dear
Tat
Mystery
People
Did
You Know That…
Fun
Page
Look
To The Stars
Your Personal Horoscope
??Guess
Who!!
Special
Feature from the Tundra Drums
in memory of Veterans Day
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Vietnam vet recalls the
'crazy wars'
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Frank Keim
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Message
Page (in
pdf)
End
Notes
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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