 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.
Separated in the Storm
One nice winter day two brothers, Sam and Mike,
decided to travel to the next village which was about 65 miles
southwest of their own village, Marshall. Only Sam packed some extra
clothes when they got ready to go because Mike didn't think he needed
them. They were to leave from Sam's house at 1:00 p.m. and they
figured it would take about two hours to get there. Both of them
thought it would be better if they traveled on separate
snowmachines.
The land they were going to travel through was
flat and barren. They already knew of the dangers of losing the trail
in a snow storm or whiteout and getting lost. So even though Mike had
the bigger snow machine he stayed with his brother. Ever since they
were teens they'd been traveling in that area, and they'd always
listened to their parents about would could happen in bad
weather.
Sam took the lead because he knew the trail
better than Mike. When they left Marshall the weather was still
holding fair, but when they got a few miles out both of them noticed
clouds building up. Still they thought it wasn't anything to worry
about. A few minutes later it started getting foggy out but that
didn't bother them very much either. Soon after, though, they lost
the trail and were heading west toward the ocean.
Forty-five minutes into the trip the wind
started picking up and big snow flakes began falling. Without even
noticing, Mike lost Sam, and he started heading south again. Then Sam
noticed that he wasn't going on the right trail. By now Mike was in a
state of panic and really wasn't sure which way he was heading. A few
minutes later he stopped, and since the wind and snow had turned into
a blizzard he figured staying put was the only possible thing he
could do.
Sam tried to keep going in the blizzard to find
Mike, but suddenly he noticed he was on the sea ice and it was
breaking up! As soon as he realized the ice was moving he stopped.
Right there and then he knew he was on the ice pack. He tried to keep
himself calm but he worried about Mike because he didn't have any
extra gear with him. Then Sam tipped his snowmachine onto its side to
block the wind.
Mike decided that if his brother didn't show
within 30 minutes he would continue his trip and try and make it to
the village. He was pretty confused but he didn't want to leave his
brother out there. He knew of the possibility of his losing his life.
After a half hour he was still undecided as to whether to go on or
not. The wind had calmed down a bit but it was still kind of stormy.
After a few minutes Mike started up his snow machine and took off
again. He drove and drove until it ran out of gas and then he decided
to stay with it.
When the weather finally cleared, Sam saw that
he was on an ice pan big enough to hold him and his snow machine and
that he was several hundred feet from the shore. But he figured when
the ice went back in he would have a chance to get to
shore.
Meanwhile, Sam's and Mike's relatives were
expecting them to get back before dark. The next day when both of
them hadn't shown up they called the V.P.S.O. and the coast Guard.
Marshall and the other village formed two rescue teams each, and they
searched the area all day and night.
By the second night Mike was in a hypothermic
state. Without a sense of what was going on he started walking. He
thought he knew where the village would be, and while he was walking
he saw what looked like a village. But when he started running
towards it he passed out. What he actually saw were two snow machines
coming toward him. They found him 35 miles southeast of the village.
When he woke up Mike had no idea where he was and he asked if his
brother Sam was still out there and if he was alright. The two men
rushed Mike back to the village and the next day they continued the
search for Sam.
The next afternoon they found Sam in good
shape. He'd tried to cross from the ice pack to the shore but his
snow machine had sunk a few feet out from the shore. Lucky for Sam
that he had packed extra clothes because he was soaking wet. The
rescue team had found him walking home 40 miles north of the
village.
The next day the two brothers were taken to the
hospital in Bethel and both were found to be in good
condition.
Fred Alstrom
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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