The way we genuinely live = Yuungnaqpiallerput : masterworks of Yup'ik science and survival / text by Ann Fienup-Riordan ; translations by Alice Rearden ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fienup-Riordan, Ann.

Contributor:

Anchorage Museum of History and Art.

Calista Elders Council.

Language:

English

Yupik languages

Subjects (All):

Yupik Eskimos--Material culture.

Yupik Eskimos.

Yupik Eskimos--Industries.

Yupik Eskimos--Science.

Industries.

Physical Description:

xv, 360 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 31 cm

Other Title:

Yuungnaqpiallerput

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press ; [Anchorage] : In association with Anchorage Museum of History and Art and Calista Elders Council, [2007]

Summary:

In Masterworks of Yup'ik Science and Survival, Yup'ik elders examine tools and daily-use items, explaining how they were made and for what purpose. Survival in the harsh subarctic environment requires great resourcefulness and ingenuity, and the Yup'ik people of southwestern Alaska meet the challenge by using traditional technology and by following a philosophy that recognizes the personhood of all living things and the environment.

Contents:

Introduction: "Everything that is made causes us to remember"

The moral foundations of Yup'ik science

Qasgimi (in the Qasgi)

Muraliuryaraq, enliuryaraq, teggalquliuryaraq-llu (working with wood, bone, and stone)

Qayaq (kayak)

Cenami up'nerkam nalliini (on the coast during spring)

Kuigni up'nerkam nalliini (on rivers during spring)

Neqliyalriit (those who are going to fish camp)

Yaqulget amlleret (birds in abundance)

Canegnek piliat (things made from grass)

Uksuarmi pissuryaraq (fall hunting and trapping)

Uksumi neqsuryaraq (fall and winter fishing)

Enemi (in the home)

Tuvqakiyaraq, kalukaryaraq-llu (sharing, celebration, and renewal).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-348) and index.

ISBN:

0295986697

9780295986692

OCLC:

70668786