Ellavut, our Yup'ik world & weather : continuity and change on the Bering Sea coast

Author(s)

• Fienup-Riordan, Ann
• Rearden, Alice

Bibliographic Information

Ellavut, our Yup'ik world & weather : continuity and change on the Bering Sea coast

Ann Fienup-Riordan & Alice Rearden

University of Washington Press , Calista Elders Council, c2012

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-334) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Ellavut / Our Yup'ik World and Weather is a result of nearly ten years of gatherings among Yup'ik elders to document the qanruyutet (words of wisdom) that guide their interactions with the environment. In an effort to educate their own young people as well as people outside the community, the elders discussed the practical skills necessary to live in a harsh environment, stressing the ethical and philosophical aspects of the Yup'ik relationship with the land, ocean, snow, weather, and environmental change, among many other elements of the natural world. At every gathering, at least one elder repeated the Yup'ik adage, "The world is changing following its people." The Yup'ik see environmental change as directly related not just to human actions, such as overfishing or burning fossil fuels, but also to human interactions. The elders encourage young people to learn traditional rules and proper behavior--to act with compassion and restraint--in order to reverse negative impacts on their world. They speak not only to educate young people on the practical skills they need to survive but also on the knowing and responsive nature of the world in which they live.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Yup'ik Contributors Introduction Qanruyutet Anirturyugngaatgen - Qanruyutet Can Save Your Life Nuna-gguq Mamkitellruuq- They Say the Land Was Thin Ella Alerquutengqertuq - The World and Its Weather Have Teachings Nunavut - Our Land Kuiget Nanvat-Ilu - Rivers and Lakes Yuilqumun Atalriit Qanruyutet - Instructions Concerning the Wilderness Qanikcaq - Snow Imarpik Elitaituq- The Ocean Cannot Be Learned Ciku - Ice Yun'I Maliggluki Ella Ayuqucimitun Ayuqenrirtuq - The World Is Changing Following Its People Notes References Index

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Details

• NCID: BB11739259
• ISBN:
  • 9780295991610
• LCCN: 2011041461
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Seattle,Anchorage, Alaska
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 354 p., [16] p. of plates
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : E99.E7
  • DC23 : 305.897/14016451
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Yupik Eskimos -- Science -- Alaska -- Bering Sea Coast
  • LCSH : Yupik Eskimos -- Alaska -- Bering Sea Coast -- Social conditions
  • LCSH : Indigenous peoples -- Ecology -- Alaska -- Bering Sea Coast
  • LCSH : Climatic changes -- Alaska -- Bering Sea Coast
  • LCSH : Global environmental change
  • LCSH : Bering Sea Coast (Alaska) -- Environmental conditions