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.
Problems
On a warm July evening my parents got
into this huge argument. I didn't want them to ruin my day any more
than it was, so I went down to the court and played ball. When my
friends and I finished playing I decided to go home and take a
shower. As I was walking into my house I saw my mom walking into her
room with tears in her eyes.
Right then I knew something bad had
happened. I tried comforting her, but she told me to leave her alone.
I couldn't leave her alone and I tried talking to her again. She then
told me about their argument which made tears start to flow again. "I'm going to move out," she
said still sniffling. I asked if there was any way I could keep her from leaving.
There wasn't any chance,
she said. She'd had enough.
The next day I helped her pack, as
much as I hated to. The next morning my mom went down river with my
sister. I called her that night and told her I'd visit in a couple of
days when everything was settled. I told her that my brother was
coming with me. She got excited and couldn't wait to see us. She told
me that my sister was having fun with her cousins, but wanted to go
back home. When I hung up the phone my dad asked how they were doing. "They're fine," I said sadly, "but Kris wants to come back home." Then
my dad went on with what he was doing. I told him that I was going to visit them.
He agreed and made reservations for my brother
and I to go down river.
During the two days I was down there
I spent most of my time with my mom. My mom really didn't want me to
leave but I had to because someone had to cook and take care of my
dad and and my other sister, Sharon. So she let me come back up. I
was hesitant, though, because our house wasn't the same anymore. It
was lonely and quiet without my mom. Sometimes I'd imagine how it
would be with my mom still living in the house, and my brother and
and my sister running around all over the place making a mess. But
our house isn't a jungle anymore because my brother has nobody to be
full of mischief with.
With my mom gone I stayed home most
of the day and cooked and cleaned. This took away most of the time I
usually spent with my friends. My dad was always out and I had to
stay in and babysit my brother and make sure he was okay. One day I
couldn't handle it anymore and I blew up at my dad. "You should watch
boy once in a while too!" I yelled. I talked to him about how much I
wanted to go out and socialize with my friends. He must have
understood because that night he stayed home and I went out and
stayed with friends.
The next day I called my mom to tell
her about my problems with my dad and how much I wanted her to come
back home. I asked dad to talk to her and he did. "Ask her to come
back home, dad," I said bossing him a little. So he asked her, and he
looked at me with a smile which made me smile too. I was glad that my
mom was coming back home. I told my sister and my brother, who were
also happy to hear that she was coming back.
In preparation for her return, I
cleaned up and made the house look nice. When she got back up here
she was happy to be with us again. And we were all happy to have her
and my sister back!
By:
Cheryl Hunter
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 |
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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 |
Marshall
Cultural Atlas