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

Title
The way we genuinely live = Yuungnaqpiallerput : masterworks of Yup'ik science and survival / text by Ann Fienup-Riordan ; translations by Alice Rearden ... [et al.].
Author
Fienup-Riordan, Ann.
Publication
Seattle : University of Washington Press ; [Anchorage] : In association with Anchorage Museum of History and Art and Calista Elders Council, c2007.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Anchorage Museum of History and Art.
  • Calista Elders Council.
Description
xv, 360 p. : ill. (some col.), 1 map; 31 cm.
Summary
Showcases art and artifacts of the Yup'ik people of Alaska, and provides information about the role of material culture in the Yup'ik lifestyle, the development of their technologies, and Yup'ik tools and daily use items.
Alternative Title
Yuungnaqpiallerput
Subject
  • Yupik Eskimos > Industries
  • Yupik Eskimos > Material culture
  • Yupik Eskimos > Science
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-348) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
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).
ISBN
  • 0295986697 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780295986692 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2006023547