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Yup'ik Raven This collection of student work is from Frank Keim's classes. He wants to share these works for others to use as an example of culturally-based curriculum and documentation. These documents have been OCR-scanned and are available for educational use only.


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Bear Fire
Stories and Poems
about Bears
Bear

by Marshall High School
Language Arts Classes
Spring, 1992

Creative Stories from the Imagination

True Stories from Experience

Poems

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BEARSbear

beeBEES

And

BALD EAGLES

By the sudents of
Frank's Math and
Science Class
Marshall, AK
Winter
1992-1993
bald eagle

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BIRD

STORIES
FROM

SCAMMON BAY

1985

Hello.

The general theme of this year's Upward Bound Program at Keggatmiut High School has been BIRDS. So as a consequence, it seemed a natural part of the program to look into bird stories as remembered and told by the elders of the village. To accomplish this we did taped interviews in Yupik then brought them back, transcribed and translated them, and finally edited and typed them for inclusion in the pages that follow. We have added original stories and poems by the students themselves and also the scripts of plays based on both the old and new stories and performed during Cultural Heritage Day, a special day held in November of the school year to celebrate the Yupik culture of the village. Illustrations were added last and, presto!, here you have it in front of you -

Of course, it wasn't as easy as it sounds either for students or for teacher. Students had to learn interview techniques that were appropriate for approaching the elders and they had to learn new Yupik words and expressions in order to ask the questions to the elders in the first place. Many of them had to learn better how to write in Yup'ik so they could transcribe the interviews. The teacher had to learn great patience. And we all had to use our imaginations in the most creative way possible.

And, you know, we did just that, and we hope you enjoy the product of our work.

Upward Bound Students

Frank Keim
Upward Bound Teacher
Scammon Bay, Alaska



:


Buildings


and


Personalities


of


Marshall


A project composed by the Journalism Class
of Marshall High School


Charlotte Alstrom

Jonathan Boots


Maurice Turet

Cheryl Hunter


Rose Fitka

Tassie Fitka


Tatiana Sergie



their teacher Frank Keim
with special thanks to student teacher
Flora Evan



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Christmastime

Tales

Stories real and imaginary

About Christmas, Slavik and

the New Year


By Marshall High School

Journalism Class


Winter, 1996

Gerilyn Fitka Chris Fitka

Theresa George Olga Moxie

Carmen Pitka Fred Alstrom

Ben Peteroff Garrett Evan

John Tikiun Tanya Peter

And

Teacher

Frank Keim


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Christmastime

Tales II




Stories about Christmas,

Slavik,

and the New Year

By Marshall High School


Journalism Class

Winter, 1998


Charlotte Alstrom

Tatiana Sergie

Cheryl Hunter

Rose Fitka

Maurice Turet

Valerie Nick

Jack George

Tassie Fitka

And their teacher Frank Keim

:

Christmastime


Tales

III


Stories about Christmas,

Slavik,

and the New Year


By Marshall High School

Journalism Class


Winter, 2000


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CREATIVE

STORIES

FROM

CREATIVE

IMAGINATIONS

BY: Marshall School

Eighth Graders


Ben Peteroff
AMIIR JCOHRADEALN

Victor Shorty

Carmen Pitka
Camping Trip

Olga Moxie
Why

John Tikiun

Theresa George
The Bear

Chris Fitka
Dominique Wilkins

Fred Alstrom
The Mischief Kids

Yvonne Evan
The Great Rock

Garrett Evan

Gerilyn Fitka
The Magical Head Dress

Kathy Duny
Swans from Australia

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Edible
and
Useful
Plants
of
Scammon
Bay


EDIBLE AND USEFUL PLANTS OF SCAMMON BAY, ALASKA

In doing this project, the Upward Bound Program in Keggatmiut High School here in Scammon Bay had one important central idea in mind, that is, to involve students both in their natural environment and in their village community through a project that would be of practical use to them.

In realizing this goal, our game plan included several objectives, among them:

  1. learning about some of the plants that were and are edible and useful to the people of Scammon Bay;
  2. communicating with Scammon Bay elders in Yupik about these plants to learn their uses, etc.;
  3. in communicating with the elders, to gain practice with their Yupik language and also to learn some new words and names that were and are important to the people of Scammon Bay;
  4. learning how to interview with and without tape recorders;
  5. gaining experience in transcribing and translating from Yupik to English;
  6. learning about plant taxonomies;
  7. learning how to put this information together in a form that could also benefit others who may be curious;
  8. providing a written product for people to reference in the future when this plant knowledge will again be imperative to have.

We hope those who read this product may benefit as much as we have from our hard work.

Upward Bound Students of Keggatmiut High School

Barbara Hunter
Laura Hunter
Clifford Kaganak
Joseph Strongheart
Bruno Kasayuli Jr.
Steven Walker
Johnny Ulak
and teacher: Frank Keim

Students gathering information for "Edible and Useful Plants" project


Upward Bound students doing field work for project up at Magayat Rocks

Knowledge Check

Atsaq
Salmonberry, Cloudberry
Rubus chamaemorus

Blaise and Cristene Tinker/Steven Walker

Puyuragaq
Nagoonberry
Rubus arcticus

Lizy Strongheart/Steven Walker

Cillkaq
Fireweed (tall & dwarf)
Epilobium (angustifolium and latifolium)

Agnes Aguchak/Steven Walker

Qipaliunguaq
Beach Cinquefoil
Potentilla pacifica

Mariann Sundown/F. Keim

Kuaggciq
Arctic dock
Rumex arctica

Alice Amukon/Steven Walker

Nasqupaguaq
"Head plant" or Arrowleaved Sweet Coltsfoot
Petasites sagittatus

Lizy Strongheart/Steven Walker

Caklluq
Rosefoot
Sedum rosea

Mariann Sundown/Byron Ulak

Anllaq
Bur Reed
Sparganium multipedunculatum

Mariann Sundown/Barb Hunter

Quunarliaraat
Mountain Sorrel
Oxalis alpina

Theresa Hunter/Barbara Hunter

Mertam neqait
Lousewort
Pedicularis lanata

Mariann Sundown/Barbara Hunter

Tayaruq
Marestail
Hippurus Vulgaris

Alice Amukon/Laura Hunter

Plugutaq
Coltsfoot
Petasites frigida

Mamie Ulak/Laura Hunter

Teptukuyuk
Yarrow
Achillea sibirica

Alice Amukon & Mike Joe Sr./Byron Ulak

Cayggluk
Wormwood
Artemisia Campestris

Mamie Ulak/Laura Hunter

Kumaurutet
Sphagnum Moss
Sphagnum magellanicum

Pete Ulak/Laura Hunter

Kapukaraq
Pallas Buttercup
Ranunculus Pallasii

Bruno Kasayuli Sr./Byron Ulak

Cingqulliktaaq
Bunchberry
Cornus Canadensis

Alice Amukon/Byron Ulak

Tarnaq
Cow Parsnip
Heracleum lanatum

Agnes Aguchak/Clifford Kaganak

Ikituq
Wild Celery
Angelica lucida

Agnes Aguchak/Clifford Kaganak

Ayuq
Tundra tea
Ledum decumbens

Mamie Ulak/Barbara Hunter

Bearberry
Kavlak
Arctostaphylos alpina

Liz Kasyuli/Bruno K.

Palukutaq

Palukutaq

Deer Mushroom

Bolete

Pluteus Cervinus

Leccinum sp.

Lizzie Strongheart/Joseph Strongheart

Agautaq
Twisted Stalk
Streptopus amplexifolius

Lizzie Strongheart/Joseph Strongheart

Tanegerpak
Blackberry or Curlewberry
Empetrum nigrum

Agnes Aguchak/Cliff K.

Quguyuguaq
Mastodon Flower
Senecio congestus

Agnes Aguchak/Clifford Kaganak

Cetuguaq
Spreading Wood Fern
Dryopteris austriaca

Gregory Strongheart/Joseph Strongheart

Cayuruaq
Sitka burnet
Sanguisorba sitchensis

Alice Amukon/Barbara H.

Ukayiruaq

Mellkuruaq

Cottongrass

Cottongrass

Eriophorum angustifolium

Eriophorum Scheuzeri

Mariann Sundown/Laura Hunter

Cupuruaq
Birch
Betula nana

Teddy Sundown/Bruno K.

Cukvvaguaq
Alder
Alnus tenufolia

Liz Kasayuli/Bruno K.

Tumuageliq
Cranberry
Vaccinium vitis

Elizabeth K./Bruno K.

Uqvvikaq
Willow
Salix pulchra

Dorothy Kasayuli/Bruno K.

Curaq
Blueberry
Vaccinium Uliginosum

Mamie Ulak/Byron Ulak

Uqvataaraq
Spirea
Spirea beauvardiana

Alice Amukon/Barbara Hunter

Anuktutliaraat
Brook Saxifrage
Saxifraga punctata

Mike Utteryuk/Byron Ulak

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EDIBLE PLANTS

OF

HOOPER BAY


By the Hooper Bay Upward Bound

Students:

Michael Tall
Chuck Rivers
Christine Olson
Eunice Joe
Della Mae Green
Victor Night
Francis Bell
Emma Smith
Patty Murran

PREPARED FOR PRINTING
BY
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
BUSINESS 1981


Edible Plants of Hooper Bay

This collection of edible plants was a project that Hooper Bay Upward Bound students worked on as part of their Autumn schedule of activities. It has been a project undertaken with a fair amount of difficulty both during its field work phase and especially in the translation of the tapes from the original Yup’ik to English. Those who have studied Yup’ik will understand the work involved since the organization of the language is so completely different from that of English.

In offering this small work, we hope young people with whom we share it will gain a greater appreciation for the immense richness of the flora of the Yukon Delta area and for the Yup’ik way of life which depends so much on the bounty found here.

Frank J. Keim
Upward Bound Instructor
Hooper Bay, Alaska


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