 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.
A
Close
Call
This is a story about how I nearly
got lost in a bad snow storm.
In the winter of 1949 I was in the
Nuksuk country with Louis and Johnny George who were really
experienced men in that country. We were out with our dog teams and
we were checking our wire mink traps on the flats. It was our third
trip out and it was real nice weather when we started except for a
cloud bank up to the north. When I looked over there and saw it I was
a little afraid to ask those guys about what that cloud bank might
do, but I thought I may as well learn for myself.
While we were digging for my last
trap it started to snow--just a little ground drift at first which I
didn't think anything about because even if it got worse I knew I'd
make it back with those guys along.
By the time I'd dug down through the
thick snow to my trap it was starting to snow hard and Louis and
Johnny decided to take off. They figured my leader would follow their
tracks and find them.
After checking my trap I took off
too, but about a half mile before this big lake it started snowing so
hard I couldn't see anything. I figured then I'd probably have to
tough it out by myself even though I didn't have any dog
food.
As I started crossing the lake I
couldn't even see my closest dogs. I thought then that I might get
lost in the storm just like a lot of others had. Then all of a sudden
my dogs stopped in their tracks, and I was wondering what was
happening. So after putting my sled hook in the snow I walked up
ahead to see what was going on. Well, there right on the edge of the
big lake were Louis and Johnny waiting for me. They said they thought
I wouldn't make it, so they waited for me. If I weren't there in ten
minutes or so they were going to start hollering to make their dogs
bark to lead me in.
That was my first lesson about what
could happen in a bad storm.
Vernon Evan
Authentic
Student Stories
Stories
by Parents
and Community
Stories
by Elders
Stories
by the Elementary
Creative
Student Stories
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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