 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.
The Great
Flood
The rock formations of Cape Felix on
Sumez Island on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island, are
symmetrical and beautiful to look at. At one place there is an
opening in the rocks that looks as though someone lived
there.
This was the case in ancient times.
Raven lived there. This story of Raven centers around the flood of
ancient times.
Raven had lived here for many years.
Everything was handy to his needs. He had many close friends. But
there came a time when everything changed. A day dawned when the
scope of things didn't seem right. Raven sensed it right away. He
told Sea Otter. It was an unusually warm day. The low tide had gone
beyond the limits. Now the incoming tide started coming fast. Raven
alerted his friend the sea otter. Things didn't seem right. He told
the sea otter to watch out for himself. He, the Raven, would fly. The
great flood had come. Only the highest mountain was not covered. It
was here that Raven rested. The sea otter was not far off.
As the tide receded they could see
that everything was devastated. There was not a tree left. Raven made
preparations to straighten things out. He asked the sea otter for
advice. The sea otter told him of a beautiful island far out at sea.
This island was controlled by an island spirit and probably had
survived the flood. This is the island they called Forrester
Island.
Raven flew out there and found the
island intact. The sea otter also swam out and met up with his own
kind and other friends. Everything was the same as usual. The Spirit
of the Island welcomed the visitors and made them feel at home. Raven
told the Spirit of the Island what had happened. Since Raven was
planning so well to rehabilitate the devastated land the spirit of
Forrester Island promised help in the form of material things such as
water, tree cone seeds, seeds, muskeg and so forth.
First, Raven made a large watertight
basket. He filled this with water and flew with it back to his old
home. He sprinkled the water all over the island and freshened the
soil, and creeks began to flow again. He next went back after seeds
and sowed them all over. Then he began working on the plants. On his
return trip he scooped up a large chunk of muskeg and took it to the
other islands. The place where he scooped up the muskeg on Forrester
Island is still seen today as a hollow on top of Forrester Island.
The whole top of the island is muskeg and the hollow is on the south
end of the island.
His final effort was a masterpiece.
He filled up his basket with tree cones and flew all over scattering
the cones. This is why the islands are full of beautiful great trees
today.
All this time, the sea otter was also
busy. He urged his friends, the sea mammals to move back, which they
did. Also, the birds moved back. Things went back to normal. Thanks
to Raven, thanks to sea otter, the island country was
saved.
Robert
and Nora Cogo
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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