 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.
Community Hall/City Office
 
Ray Alstrom Sr.
Mayor
Ray Alstrom was born in Alakanuk, Alaska, in 1952. He grew up in
Alakanuk and St. Mary's, and went to school at Wrangell, St. Mary's,
Mt. Edgecumbe, and Chugiak. He graduated from Chugiak High School in
1971 and later went to college in Fairbanks where he studied
accounting. But he didn't graduate.
Ray has worked in the city office as mayor since 1994, and he
plans to keep working as long as the job is available. He says it's
not a matter of liking or disliking his job but a matter of providing
for his family. He does like the challenge of his job, though, and
the wage. He has received computer training since he became mayor of
Marshall.
Ray believes that family discipline, military training, and self
discipline play a big role in the way he manages his job now. He says
that his job keeps him stimulated through the daily challenges he
faces, and that the best thing about his job is getting things done.
The worst thing about his job is people complaining who have no
reason to complain. Ray has a family and feels that it positively
affects his job performance.
Charlotte Alstrom
Frank Amouak
Janitor
Frank Amouak was born at Russian Mission in 1937 and grew up in
Marshall. He went to school in Marshall through the sixth grade. He
has worked in the City Office for about two years and plans to work
there for five more years. He likes his job because it doesn't
require any skills. He needed the job because he had to pay bills. He
says he likes his job because it is enough to pay his bills and he
doesn't have any complaints about it.
Charlotte
Ann Fitka
City Clerk/Secretary
Ann Fitka was born in Bethel in 1946 and grew up in various fish
camps. She went to school at Mt. Edgecumbe High School and graduated
there. Ann has worked in the City Office for six years and will work
there as long as she is physically and mentally able to. She likes
her job because she has always enjoyed math and bookkeeping, and the
job requires a lot of it. She was interested in her job because it
was the only job available at the time. All of Ann's training in
bookkeeping was on-the-job. She had previous bookkeeping positions,
so she felt comfortable taking that position. But the City Clerk part
of her job is something that she is still learning about.
Since Ann got her job at the City Office, she has attended three
clerk institute workshops where she met with city clerks around the
state and learned from them. The institute just started three years
ago. There aren't any schools in Alaska where you can be trained to
become a city clerk. Ann feels that her job keeps her happy because
she is learning something new about local government all the time,
and she is constantly trying to figure out ways to make the city
office run like it should. She enjoys everything about the work she
does a lot. The worst thing is not knowing enough about computers to
be able to use the one she has the way she wants to, and not having
the time to sit and figure out all the things she would like to do on
the computer.
Charlotte Alstrom
Marshall
School
Co-op
Store
Head
Start
Airport
Marshall
Clinic
Water and
Sewer
Community
Hall/City Office
AVEC
Police
Department
Marshall
Post Office
Traditional
Council
Mas.
Inc./MFP
Gas
Station
Hunter
Sales
United
Utilities
Armory
Catholic
Church
Russian
Orthodox
Church
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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