Nunakun-gguq ciutengqertut = They say they have ears through the ground : animal essays from southwest Alaska /
Lifeways in southwest Alaska today remains inextricably bound to the seasonal cycles of sea and land. Community members continue to hunt, fish and make products from the life found in the rivers and sea. Based on a wealth of oral histories collected over decades of research, this book explores the a...
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Other Authors: | , , , , |
Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
Language Notes: | Translated from the Yupik. |
Published: |
Fairbanks :
University of Alaska Press,
[2020]
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Summary: | Lifeways in southwest Alaska today remains inextricably bound to the seasonal cycles of sea and land. Community members continue to hunt, fish and make products from the life found in the rivers and sea. Based on a wealth of oral histories collected over decades of research, this book explores the ancestral relationship between Yup'ik people and the natural world of southwest Alaska. Nunakun-gguq Ciutengqertut studies the overlapping lives of the Yup'ik with native plants, animals and birds and traces how these relationships transform as more Yup'ik relocate to urban areas and with the changing environment. The book is presented in bilingual format, with facing-page translations, and will be hailed as a milestone work in the anthropological study of contemporary Alaska. |
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Physical Description: | xxxix, 429 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781602234123 1602234124 |