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Yup'ik RavenMarshall 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.

 

 

 

 

 

Kerry's Story

As I sat in my room looking out the window watching my friends having fun I wished that I wouldn't have gotten the virus. If I hadn't gotten it I would have been out having fun like all the others. Then I began to think back in my past when I first found out I had the HIV virus. Tears began running down my cheeks as I thought about it.

When I was 15 years old I was out with my friends having fun as usual. We walked around and stopped at the playground to talk. One of my friends changed the subject and started talking about drinking and having drugs. All my friends tried to convince me to join them but I told them I had to be home before it got too late. I noticed they were disappointed because I didn't join them, so I told them I'd have a little. We went to an apartment and started drinking and smoking marijuana slowly. As it got late, everyone was getting drunk, including myself.

A couple of weeks later I went to the clinic to check if I had anything wrong with me. A week later when I found out I had the HIV virus, I cried. I couldn't believe it, but the doctor told me it was true, I had the virus. I stayed at the clinic for a while asking her questions. The first question I asked was, "How long will I live while I have this virus?" And she said, "About five to ten years. That's the longest you can live." I started crying again and I asked them, "Will anyone notice what I have?", and they replied, "I don't think so."

A couple more days went by and I called up one of my friends to see how she was doing. We talked on the phone for an hour and forty-five minutes. When I told my friend that I had the virus, she never said anything for two and a half minutes. I asked her what she thought and she said that she was sorry for what happened. "What do you mean?" I asked. She answered, "What I mean is that I'm sorry to hear that you have the HIV virus." When I asked her if she'd come and visit sometime, she said she was going to move to another city. I knew that was just an excuse and that she didn't really want to visit me because she was afraid she might catch the virus.

Every day after that I'd stay home in my room looking out the window. My friends quit visiting me after I told them. When people found out, they would look at me very strangely. Sometimes when I was out for a little walk, I'd hear people say, "She has HIV! We can't go close to her!" But I'd just ignore them and keep on walking.

As the years passed, and I turned 21, I decided to call one of my friends to see if she was still living nearby. Her mom answered the phone and asked who was calling. I told her it was me, and she didn't say anything for a while. When I asked her if she was still there she inquired how was I doing. I told her I was still the same. She called her daughter and she came down to the phone. She sounded surprised when she heard my voice. We talked on the phone for an hour. After we hung up I went to my room and looked out the window. A couple days later though, I started feeling weak. I got into my bed and looked out the window. It had started snowing. Later that night my breathing began slowing down. Then I saw double and suddenly everything went black!!

Kathy Duny

 

Among sexually active college
students, anonymous testing
showed one of 500 had HIV.

 

 

 

Kerry's Life

- Robert Pitka

The Kerry Story

- John Tikiun Jr.

Kerry and her HIV

- Mary Jane Shorty

Kerry's Life

- Garrett Evan

The Kerry Story

- Fred Alstrom

Kerry

- Tanya Peter

My Life is Ruined

- Jon Boots

I Am Kerrie... With AIDS

- Charlotte Alstrom

If I were Kerry...

- Cheryl Hunter

Kerry's Story

- Kathy Duny

If I were Kerry

- Jack George

 

My name is Kerry and I have
AIDS
(Now I'm dead!)

 

 

 

 

 

Going, Going Gone!
Man and the
Environment

 

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  
M&M Monthly    
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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