 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.
Nick's New
Experience
On the 7th of January after Russian Xmas, the
day after church services, Nick Isaac, his wife, Oxie, two children,
Dennis and Katrina, traveled to Kwethluk with his dad, Alexander, and
brother, Jacob, on another snowmachine. Dennis and Katrina were
wrapped in sleeping bags in the sled.
They first rode up to Ohogamiut, then across
the river through portages, sloughs, lakes, hills and through a
valley until they came to the tundra. They used the old dog team
trail his father knew. It took them eight hours to go over and
another eight hours to come back.
They stayed in a village called Akiachak and
went across to Kwethlukto attend church services. During the morning
and evening they attended the church services at Kwethluk. After they
were over Nick took a maqi, and he said the men at Kwethluk wanted to
cook' a Yukon man.
They stayed in Kwethluk for one night and the
next day they went back over to Akiachak. Nicks cousin John W. George
was kind enough to bring Nick and his family to Kwethluk and back to
Akiachak with his truck.
When he was in Kwethluk he became a Sub Deacon.
He said this was done in the morning before the Divine Liturgy. He
had to approach the Russian Orthodox Bishop with two Sub Deacons one
on each side of him. The Bishop laid his hands on Nick's head and
read prayers. Then he cut pieces of his hair in the form of a cross
and made him read from a chapter in the Bible called the
Epistles.
In Akiachak Nick and his family went starring.
He said they were so strict there the kids weren't allowed to go in
or out of the houses. They were to be quiet and behave. Only the
elders, singers and strangers ate at the table and the rest of the
people ate while standing or sitting on the floor. There were a lot
of singers there, and it made him feel like he was in heaven on earth
with all the voices. Everyone was into singing.
Nick said he would like to go over to the
Kuskokwim for Slavik again sometime. "It's a real good experience
because it's different and the singers are LOUD," he
commented.
By: Nick Isaac
Interviewed by: Carmen Pitka
Student
Stories
Tales
by Parents
Tales
by the Elders
Staff
Stories
If
I were...
The
Christmas of my Dreams
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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