 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.
Blown off the
Airstrip
There is one airplane trip that
Palassa Fitka will never forget. In the summer of 1985, Buggy,
Lillian Nicolai, Jaelene Nicolai, Leo Fitka, and Pal were going to
Marshall from Bethel in a Coastal Aviation Cessna. Leo and Pal were
returning home from a Maserculiq Corporation meeting that was held in
Anchorage.
While they were landing at the
airport they were pushed by a very strong tail wind blowing at a very
high speed. The pilot realized that they were going too fast to stop
before running off the runway, so he gunned the throttle and tried to
take off. But the plane and passengers were too heavy and the
take-off space was too short. They had no choice but to overshoot the
airstrip at take-off speed, and they jumped off the end and hit a
couple of trees, breaking both of them before they came to a stop.
One of the airplane's wings had a hole in it and the pilot told the
passengers to quickly jump on the ground and lay down for a while,
just in case there was an explosion.
The airplane was a wreck but there
were no serious injuries. The only one who was injured was the pilot,
and all he had was a little cut on his face.
"I was so scared that my mind just
went blank during the crash," Pal said. "I used to enjoy flying very
much but after that crash I don't feel as comfortable flying
anymore.''
By: Palassa
Fitka
Interview by: Chris
Fitka
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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