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      Yuungnaqpiallerput / The Way We Genuinely Live: Masterworks of Yup'ik Science and Survival

      Ann Fienup-Riordan

      Survival in the harsh sub-arctic environment requires resourcefulness and ingenuity. This book explores the manifestations of Yup'ik technology by following the seasonal cycle of harvests and ceremonial renewals.

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      Eskimo Essays: Yup Ik Lives and How We See Them

      Ann Fienup-Riordan

      Eskimo Essays introduces the reader to important aspects of the ideology and practice of the Yup'ik Eskimos of western Alaska, past and present. The essays point the way toward a…

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      Boundaries and Passages: Rule and Ritual in Yup'ik Eskimo Oral Tradition

      Ann Fienup-Riordan

      Bringing together a record of traditional Yup'ik rules and rituals, this text incorporates elders’ recollections of the system of ruled boundaries and ritual passages that guided their parents and grandparents…

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      Wise Words of the Yup'ik People: We Talk to You because We Love You

      Ann Fienup-Riordan

      Suitable for the Yup'ik people and those who wish to learn more about their lives and values, this title documents their qanruyutet (adages, words of wisdom, and oral instructions) regarding…

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      Qaluyaarmiuni Nunamtenek Qanemciput / Our Nelson Island Stories

      Nelson Island elders describe hundreds of traditionally important places in the landscape

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      Ellavut / Our Yup'ik World and Weather: Continuity and Change on the Bering Sea Coast

      Ann Fienup-Riordan,Alice Rearden

      Details the Yup'ik elders’ qanruyutet (words of wisdom) that guide their interactions with the environment

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      Wise Words of the Yup'ik People: We Talk to You because We Love You, New Edition

      Ann Fienup-Riordan

      The Yup'ik people of southwest Alaska were among the last Arctic peoples to come into contact with non-Natives, and as a result, Yup'ik language and many traditions remain vital into…

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      Agayuliyararput/Our Way of Making Prayer: Kegginaqut, Kangiit-llu/Yup'ik Masks and the Stories They Tell

      Drawing on the remembrances of elders who were born in the early 1900s and saw the last masked Yup'ik dances before missionary efforts forced their decline, Agayuliyararput is a collection…

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      Qaluyaarmiuni Nunamtenek Qanemciput / Our Nelson Island Stories

      Nelson Island elders describe hundreds of traditionally important places in the landscape

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      Ellavut / Our Yup'ik World and Weather: Continuity and Change on the Bering Sea Coast

      Ann Fienup-Riordan,Alice Rearden

      Published in association with the Calista Elders Council, Anchorage, Alaska.

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      Agayuliyararput/Our Way of Making Prayer: Kegginaqut, Kangiit-llu/Yup'ik Masks and the Stories They Tell

      Drawing on the remembrances of elders who were born in the early 1900s and saw the last masked Yup'ik dances before missionary efforts forced their decline, Agayuliyararput is a collection…

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      Wise Words of the Yup'ik People: We Talk to You because We Love You, New Edition

      Ann Fienup-Riordan

      The Yup'ik people of southwest Alaska were among the last Arctic peoples to come into contact with non-Natives, and as a result, Yup'ik language and many traditions remain vital into…

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      Ciuliamta Akluit / Things of Our Ancestors: Yup'ik Elders Explore the Jacobsen Collection at the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin

      Yup'ik elders examine and interpret Jacobsen’s collection.

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      Hunting Tradition in a Changing World: Yup'ik Lives in Alaska Today

      Ann Fienup-,etc, Riordan

      The Yup'ik are members of the Inuit family. This book explores how these subarctic hunters engage their past in a hunt for history to make connections within their own communities…

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      Stories for Future Generations / Qulirat Qanemcit-llu Kinguvarcimalriit: The Oratory of Yup'ik Elder Paul John

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      For ten winter days in 1977, the orator Paul John - widely respected as a dean of Yupik elders - held an audience of Yupik students rapt at Nelson Island…

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      Yup'ik Elders at the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin: Fieldwork Turned on Its Head

      Ann Fienup-Riordan

      Johan Adrian Jacobsen collected Yup'ik objects during his travels in Alaska. Ann Fienup-Riordan saw the collection being unpacked in 1994, and in 1997 she and Marie Meade returned to Berlin…

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      Tengautuli Atkuk / The Flying Parka

      Ann Fienup-Riordan, Alice Rearden, Marie Meade

      "Based on nearly two decades of the authors' conversations with Yup'ik sewing groups in southwestern Alaskan communities and in group visits to the National Museum of the American Indian and…

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      Yup'ik Words of Wisdom: Yupiit Qanruyutait, New Edition

      This bilingual volume focuses on the teachings, experiences, and practical wisdom of expert Native orators as they instruct a younger generation about their place in the world. In carefully crafted…

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      Yup'ik Words of Wisdom: Yupiit Qanruyutait, New Edition

      This bilingual volume focuses on the teachings, experiences, and practical wisdom of expert Native orators as they instruct a younger generation about their place in the world. In carefully crafted…

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      Paitarkiutenka / My Legacy to You

      Frank Miisaq Andrew, Sr.

      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…

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      Yungcautnguuq Nunam Qainga Tamarmi/All the Land’s Surface is Medicine: Edible and Medicinal Plants of Southwest Alaska

      Ann Fienup-Riordan

      In this book, close to one hundred men and women from all over southwest Alaska share knowledge of their homeland and the plants that grow there. They speak eloquently about…

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      Indigenous Traditions and Ecology: The Interbeing of Cosmology and Community

      The authors, a diverse group of indigenous and non-native scholars and environmental activists, address urgent questions facing indigenous communities as they struggle with threats to their own sovereignty, increased market…

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