 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.
Wiping
Out
I awoke with the sun in my eyes,
looked around and realized I was in my bedroom with my window open. I
got up and went out to the living room. The clock read two o'clock in
the afternoon. Time to eat breakfast. So I took out some cereal, and
while I was eating it the phone rang. It was my uncle Bucko asking if
I wanted to go water skiing? "Yeah, when?" I asked. "After awhile,"
he replied. "Okay I'll be down after I'm done eating breakfast," I
told him.
After I hung up I ate my grub faster.
Then I looked for my shirt and socks, slipped on my tennis shoes and
walked over to my grandparents' house. When I got there I found
Chris, Joe-Joe, Victor, and J.B. resting from playing ball. Bucko
asked them if they wanted to go skiing with us. They did and went to
get their swimming gear. In half an hour they were back, and we
headed across the river for the beach.
When we got there I took out the ski
rope and gave it to Joe-Joe. All us boys were arguing about who was
going to ski first, and finally Chris said, "I'll go first you scared
punks!" So Chris put on the life vest and got into the water which he
said was really cold. Joe and I gave him the skis and rope and Bucko
started the motor and tightened the rope between Chris and the boat.
When Chris said he was ready Bucko pushed his motor full throttle.
After Chris got up on step he moved from right to left of the boat
jumping back and forth on the water. When he was tired Joe took over.
Joe also jumped on the waves made by the wake, stayed to one side of
the boat for awhile, then went back to jumping on the waves again.
When Joe got tired I took my turn.
After Joe hopped back in the boat I
put on the life jacket and jumped in the water. It was freezing cold!
I put on the skis then found the rope. I was very nervous because it
was my first time water skiing. But Bucko told me to keep my skis
above the water so I could plane out. Then he accelerated. It was
very hard trying to plane out and it took a while before I got up.
Then I didn't know what to do and just stayed right behind the boat
until the other guys in the boat told me to jump on the waves of the
boat. But I just went from right to left to check how the waves would
be. Then I started to speed up and finally began to jump on the
waves. At first I was very scared and thought I would wipe out and
get hurt. Then it got to be fun and I started to jump harder every
time I went over the waves. When I got tired I went right behind the
boat then let go of the handle. As I took off the skis Bucko turned
the boat around. The other boys were laughing at me because of the
way I slowed down In the water.
Then we let James Oney try, but he
was too heavy and couldn't plane out. A lot of water splashed him in
the face and we cracked up laughing. Then on our way home Chris water
skied. He was jumping on our very high waves until he wiped out
really hard. I tried a second time when we were by Kemp but I wiped
out harder than Chris although I didn't got hurt. I felt like I was
sliding on the water when I wiped out. The other boys were laughing
at me because of the way I fell. They said I made a big spray of
water when I wiped out. But that was O.K. I may have wiped out, but
it was a good end to a very great day. I had learned to water
ski.
Story by: Matthew
Shorty
Student
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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 |
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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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