 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.
Paul Survived to Tell the
Story
On December 15, 1968, when Paul was 27 years
old, he was coming home from Bethel by snow machine and decided to
stop at Akiachak. People there told him that the weather was going to
get worse, but he decided to try to make it home and continued on his
way. When he got out on the tundra the weather got really bad. The
snow was blowing so hard he couldn't even see the front of his snow
machine. Soon he ran out of gas and started walking. After a day or
so he came to the little hills on the south side of the Yukon. But
there was really deep snow there and he had to go down on his knees
and elbows and crawl. He had no snowshoes so crawling like this
helped keep him from sinking in the deep snow. So far he had gone 3
days without food, water and sleep. So when he finally made it to a
slough he stopped and fell asleep right on top of the snow. He
doesn't know how long he slept but when he woke up it was morning. He
also found he couldn't move most of his body. It was cold and he had
almost frozen to death while he was sleeping. He started moving his
arms around for a couple hours until they finally had feeling. While
he was doing this he thought about dying. He wondered if he died
there at that spot if that is where people would find him? Then he
thought about his brother Charley and decided to keep on
walking.
After walking for many more hours he finally
got to the Yukon River. He saw he was above Ohogamiut a few miles
probably near Kakamiut, so he started walking slowly down river,
hoping to make it to Ohog before dark. When he got to Ohogamiut he
went into one of the old cabins there and stayed the night. Since he
didn't have any matches he couldn't build a fire, so he gathered lots
of grass and stuffed it inside his clothes to keep warm while he
slept. It was like sleeping in a warm house, he said.
In the morning he was more rested but still
very hungry because there was no food in Ohog. He set out again
anyway, heading downriver for Marshall which was still 30 miles or so
away.
When he got down to a place called Agumalria he
was really tired again, but in the distance he saw a snow machine and
he waved it over. It was Vernon Evan. He told Vernon his story and
asked him if he could bring him home to Marshall. But Vernon couldn't
take him back, so Paul continued on down the river. When he reached
Ingrihak he saw another snow machine, and he took off his coat and
waved the snow machine over. It was Pete Williams. Pete asked him
what happened and he told him he got lost and had been walking for
seven days without food. Could he give him a ride home? Pete told
Paul that he'd take him to Ohog first and then take him back to
Marshall the next day. When they got to Ohog Pete gave Paul some food
but told him not to eat too much because he hadn't eaten in a long
time. The next day they both went back to Marshall. Paul said he
would never forget Pete for what he did. If it wasn't for Pete, he
said, he probably wouldn't be alive today. Pete gave him life. One
thing he learned is never to travel in such bad weather again. He
learned his lesson that year.
By: Paul
Boots
Interview by: Theresa
George
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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