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.

 

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

 

Old Bird Stories

New Stories

Student Plays

Poems

 

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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