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Yup'ik RavenMarshall 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.

 

 

 

 

Agnes Boliver's Very Lazy Summer

Agnes summer was a lazy summer for her. All she did was cut a few fish, pick some berries, go to Bingo and visit some villages along the Kuskokwim and Yukon Rivers with the Marshall Fiddlers.

This summer all she cut were King salmon. She cut flat fish, strips, and back bones. She had wanted to cut some more but nobody fished for her. Gerilyn and Juliana Fitka also cut Dog salmon and Silver salmon for her so she didn't really have very much to do. They helped her pick some berries too.

When asked what the most exciting event of the summer was for her, she replied, "The most exciting thing that happened to me this summer was when my daughter, Caroline, and her son, Cory, who is one year old came home from Fairbanks to visit." The happiest, busiest, and most fun-filled two weeks were from the first to the thirteenth of August when Caroline and Cory were here. She couldn't believe how much Cory had grown and how mischief he'd become, and she was very excited to finally have them home again.

On one of the trips she went on with the Marshall Fiddlers, she won a quspak, which she gave to her godchild, Gerilyn Fitka. She won it in Akiak during the first week in July. It was a very pretty quspak which she'd bought only one ticket for. Her husband, Camille, drew her ticket for the winning number.

"All in all, my summer was boring, relaxing, exciting, and lazy all at the same time,"she said. She hopes next summer will be more exciting and worthwhile.

Told by: Agnes Boliver

Interviewed by: Gerilyn Fitka

Agnes Boliver's Very Lazy Summer

Agnes Boliver's Very Lazy Summer

- Agnes Boliver/Gerilyn Fitka

Paul Boots's Summer

- Paul Boots/Mary Jane Shorty

Vernon and Irene's Busy Summer

- Vernon Evan/Carmen Pitka

Pete Williams' Exciting Summer

- Pete Williams/Fred Alstrom

My Mom's Busy Summer

- Mary Moxie/Olga Moxie

A Fun Job for Alvin Sr.

- Alvin Owletuck/Matthew Shorty

Martha Evan's Tiring Summer

- Martha Evan/Ben Peteroff

Nastasia Turet's Wonderful Summer

- Nastasia Turet/Theresa George

My Gram's Berry Picking Trip

- Mary Fancyboy/Victor Shorty

 

Student Stories

Other Student Stories

Stories of Summers Past

Adios

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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