 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.
"Falling Through the
Ice"
When my dad was younger there was no
modern transportation, and he always had to travel with his dog team.
In those days he lived at the old village of Ohogamiut.
He told me that one time in January,
1946, when it was 30 degrees below he was traveling by dog team in
Nuksuk Slough near Ohogamiut. While he was crossing he and his dogs
fell through thin ice. He said the sled tipped to one side then he
fell in the frigid water. He noticed his dogs were going down with
him so he let them go. When he felt the bottom the water was up to
his neck. He walked toward the edge of the solid ice, placed his
mittens on the surface where they froze in place, then he pulled
himself out of the cold water before he got too numb and tired. After
he got out of the water he quickly gathered some nearby grass and
stuffed it inside his wet clothing to keep him warm. That saved his
life.
Another time was in spring, 1989,
when Alexander Isaac and my dad went out goose hunting with their
snowmachines. While they were coming back on the Yukon River, my dad
fell through the ice. He was crossing some needle ice over a swift
running part of the river and the ice broke. The current would have
taken him under with his snowmachine but he was lucky there was
another thicker layer of ice underneath that caught the end of his
snowmachine and kept him from going all the way under. So he wouldn't
be swept down by the current he hung on to his machine. He was able
to stay afloat thanks to his down coat. Alexander quickly threw him a
rope and he crawled out. As soon as he got out my dad and Alexander
found some long skinny pieces of wood and put them under his
snowmachine so they could pull it out.
By: John
Moxie
Interviewed by: Olga
Moxie
Authentic
Student Stories
Stories
by Parents
and Community
Stories
by Elders
Stories
by the Elementary
Creative
Student Stories
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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