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Paitarkiutenka = My legacy to you

Title
Paitarkiutenka = My legacy to you / Miisaq / Frank Andrew, Sr. ; transcriptions and translations by Alice Rearden and Marie Meade ; edited by Ann Fienup-Riordan.
Author
Andrew, Frank.
Publication
Seattle : University of Washington Press : In association with Calista Elders Council and Anchorage Museum Association, [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Fienup-Riordan, Ann.
  • Anchorage Museum of History and Art.
  • Calista Elders Council.
Description
lix, 440 pages, 80 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 26 cm
Summary
"Yup'ik elders of southwest Alaska recall, "Our ancestors were never heavy with a tool kit." They carried in their minds what they needed to live rich lives in the harsh environment of the Bering Sea coast. Frank Andrew, Sr. (1917-2006), was one of the few elders to bring this knowledge into the twenty-first century." "Not only did Frank Andrew possess knowledge and wisdom - he shared it. For five years before his death he worked tirelessly with Yup'ik translators Alice Rearden and Marie Meade and anthropologist Ann Fienup-Riordan to document his knowledge of life on the Bering Sea coast. What he shared is specific to the Canineq (lower coastal) area at the mouth of the Kuskokwim River. When he talked about kayak building, tomcod fishing, or bird hunting, it was based on his own experience in the area surrounding Kwigillingok, where he spent his life. His unprecedented depth of knowledge and eloquent storytelling inspired this book." "This book offers great detail about working with wood, kayak construction, and coastal hunting. Stories and information on seasonal activities in the Canineq area appear here for the first time. This book acknowledges the enormous amount of information and remarkable skills that each individual needed to live life on the Bering Sea coast; it is Frank Andrew's legacy to us all."--BOOK JACKET.
Alternative Title
My legacy to you
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Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-440).
ISBN
  • 9780295987804 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780295987682 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0295987804 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0295987685 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2007033423
OCLC
  • 165957452
  • ocn165957452
  • SCSB-5397848
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries