 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
Native
Sovereignty
Why don't people from the city
support Native Sovereignty? Well, they live in the city, that's the
problem. They don't understand what it
is like being a Native living in
the bush. Living in the bush is a lot different than living in the
city. City life is easy because all the people have to do is live and
follow the rules. It's so big that they don't need to worry about
laws like the one against importation of alcoholic beverages.
Villages are small, and people depend on each other. They have to
work together and live together closely. If they don't, the village
will be a big disaster.
I don't agree or disagree with the
Native sovereignty issue, but I do believe that people should do what
they think is right, whether it is the desire for sovereignty by
Native villages, or doing things the way the state wants them
done.
If you have lived in a village for a
long time and know everything about it, you might see how some
villages would be better off governing themselves. It would help the
community run better and keep the people living there happy because
they would be able to choose what they need themselves. People in
these villages think this way because it has been hard for them to
get what they need since their community is so small and their "voices" are rarely
ever heard. And when they are, it's hard to get people on the outside to really
listen to what they have to
say.
Some people say that the government
came and took over the land and made Native people follow government
rules-- do as they say or go to jail! It wasn't really fair to the
people who didn't understand what was happening or how it would
affect their lives in the future. If Natives were as educated then as
they are now it wouldn't be such a cat and dog fight
today.
If you think like someone who lives
in the city, there is a much different outlook on this issue. If
everyone follows the same rules as set down by the state, everyone
would be equal and everyone should be happy, right? No one has any
reason to complain. Everything kind of fits into place in a big
community and in one way or another they have the same pattern of
thinking no matter how diverse they are. Some city people don't
really think that it's fair for Native villages to be granted
sovereignty because, since they live by the State Constitution they
think everyone else should too. Sometimes it's hard for people in
Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau to understand how things are in
small villages. I'm not saying that city people should move out to
the village for a year or two, I'm just saying that they have a
different outlook and that therefore, no one can blame them for being
ignorant of what Natives think is the best way to keep their
community together and running like it should.
So, no matter where you're from, what
culture you belong to, or how big your community is, you will have a
different point of view on this sovereignty issue about the Alaska
Constitution and on how Native villages desperately want to be unique
and show people that they can run their community by themselves. It's
been good that the government is letting people express their
thoughts and say what they think is best for the Alaskan people. And
it is good to see people stand up for what they believe and show
their support for what they think is right.
Charlotte
Alstrom
SAY NO TO DRUGS AND
ALCOHOL
Some say, "Oh, I will never use drugs
or alcohol." Well, what happens if they do? I know from experience
that a person who drinks and abuses alcohol will become an alcoholic.
I myself have an alcohol-related background. I grew up with relatives
who drank, and I even have relatives who have died because of drug
and alcohol abuse. And I have to face the troubles of our loss today.
I do not use drugs or alcohol myself because it was my choice and I
know the effects they can have on a person.
Some people used to say that if a
child grows up with an alcoholic background the child has a
fifty-fifty chance of being an alcoholic when he/she is older and on
their own. They are wrong. It is the child's own choice when they get
older to decide whether he/she wants to use drugs or not. In some
cases a child might later blame his or her parents for their habit of
drinking. But it's really their own fault that they used drugs and
alcohol because they had that choice. They probably knew that alcohol
could be very dangerous and deadly, causing accidents, family
separation, and so on.
When you read the newspaper just find
the Matter of Record page if you want to see the names of the people
who were involved with drugs and alcohol. There is a lot of killing
today is this area and most of it has to do with drugs and alcohol. A
person who does something stupid like this is sent to a prison for
who knows how long! And during that time they have to face the
consequences and suffer a lifetime of guilt from drinking and then
taking a life.
People who drink can become very
aggressive or depressed. And if they are in this condition, they may
have an accident, commit suicide, destroy a friendship, or even
destroy their family life. People who think that drugs and alcohol
can solve all their problems are wrong. If you are depressed or angry
about something, go talk to someone you trust, a counselor, or a
priest, or a good friend.
So what's your choice? Do you want to
be on the safe side, or on the opposite side and face the
consequences? Remember this, that no one will ever care as much about
you as you do about yourself, and the decisions you make about using
or not using drugs and alcohol will affect you for the rest of your
life.
Tassie
Fitka
Editorial Page
Max's
Message from the Best
Little School on the Yukon
Feature News
What's Happenin' at
School?
November
1997 Calendar
Elders
Page
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Taking the Wrong
Trail
|
Alexander Isaac
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Dedications
Dear
Tat
Mystery
People
Did
You Know That…
Fun
Page
Look
To The Stars
Your Personal Horoscope
??Guess
Who!!
Special
Feature from the Tundra Drums
in memory of Veterans Day
|
Vietnam vet recalls the
'crazy wars'
|
Frank Keim
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Message
Page (in
pdf)
End
Notes
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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