 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.
Lost On The
Flats
Back in 1988 Rick and Liza Busch went
over to Aniak from Russian Mission by snowmobile for a potlatch. On
their way over they took the winter trail from Russian Mission to
Kalskag and then proceeded up the Kuskokwim River to Aniak. The
weather was fair and the trail was smooth and that made the ride
enjoyable for them. It didn't take them long to get there and they
expected the trip home, which they would make the next day, to be
much the same. That night, though, they were out late and noticed
that the wind had picked up, and there were clouds blowing in
strong.
When they woke up the next day it was
windy but still not snowing, so they decided to go home, and
hopefully keep ahead of the storm. By the time they were fueled up
and ready to leave the clouds had thickened. It was snowing when they
reached the halfway point between Aniak and Kalskag, but still not
very hard. Pulling into Kalskag they noticed that the snow was easing
off and decided to keep going to Russian Mission. But not far out of
town they ran into a thick snowfall. The flakes were big and wet, the
kind that soak you clean through to your skin. It was not a good time
to travel. By the time they got to the flats visibility was almost
zero. They were following the reflective trail markers because the
snowmachine trail on the snow could not be made out. They traveled
like this for about half an hour until they ran out of markers. There
were just no more to follow. Both of them got a little scared after
they unsuccessfully back--tracked looking for the markers that they'd
been following. But they ended up riding around hopelessly looking
for the trail, until they decided to stop and rest for awhile. They
were lucky and found some trees to shelter in. Making a fire was hard
because everything was wet from the snow including them, but Rick
managed to get one going.
Late that night it stopped snowing,
the sky cleared quickly and it got cold. It was the first chance they
had to dry their clothes. When the sun came up the next day they saw
that they were only ten miles out of Kalskag and later found that
they were only a mile off the trail. So they went back to Kalskag,
rested, gassed up, and then left for Russian Mission again. This time
they made it safely.
By: Liza Busch
Interviewed by: Ben
Peteroff
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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