 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.
Editorial
Page
Problems in
Time
What do you do to have fun on
weekends? If you have read a newspaper lately there have been many
articles on inhalant abuse, mainly gas sniffing that young people do
to "have a good time." But if that is what they call entertaining
themselves, it does not sound very cool to me. Inhaling substances is
not a good idea at all, and people who do it could lose their friends
and family in addition to getting permanent brain damage. Besides,
there are plenty of other interesting things to do other than getting
high.
One scary thought about inhaling is
how it makes people look and what it does to your body. I,
personally, have seen and spoke with a chronic sniffer. This person
had pimples all over her face, dark bags underneath her eyes, had
very slow response time, and really didn't take care of herself. This
person did not look like a basket of satisfactory fruit. Another
frightening outlook on inhaling is that it causes brain damage or
death through sudden heart attacks if people overdose with sniffing.
Sorry, but I prefer clearheaded people.
Besides making you look terrible,
sniffing can lead to loss of friends and family. Truthfully, would
you want to hang out with someone who you don't understand at all?
Most of the time inhalers are so high from the fumes even
the simplest things don't make sense to
them. Their mood swings and bad tempers drive everybody up the wall.
I've read that some parents don't want their children around because
the get too abusive and uncontrollable. So the parents end up either
kicking their kids out of the house or sending them away to a
treatment center. The last place I would want to end up is someplace
where I don't know anybody.
Rather than looking bad and feeling
rejected, wouldn't you much rather feel part of the "in crowd"? I
sure would. And there are tons of things to do rather than inhale.
Getting involved in sports is a great way to stay healthy and keep
away from bad habits. I would rather play basketball instead of doing
something that could harm my body. Wouldn't you? Other options are
fishing, hunting, camping, walking, or getting involved with what's
happening in your community. It really isn't that hard to find
something to do once you set your mind to it.
So if you want to look gross, act
dumb, and feel rejected maybe inhaling substances are for you. But if
you are like any other person I know and want to be liked and
accepted by people, then staying away from those dangerous inhalants
is the best idea. I know I'm never going to get seduced by any
harmful fumes, and anybody with a little common sense won't
either.
by Charlotte Alstrom
 
Feature News
What's Happenin' at
School
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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