Contents
Acknowledgments
Yup’ik Tradition Bearers
Introduction
I. Thinking on the Page
1. Uqlautekevkenaku | They Didn’t Make a Mess of It: Yup’ik Perspectives on Human and Animal Relations
2. How Raven Marked the Land When the Earth Was New
3. Ciissit | Insects in Yup’ik Oral Tradition
4. Urine, Blood, Saliva, and Slime: The Power of Bodily Fluids
5. Tua-i-gguq Makut Nemeryat Murilkelluki Pisqetuit | They Tell People to Be Careful around Those Eels
II. Gatherings
6. King Salmon on the Lower Yukon River: Past and Present
7. They Say Not to Fear Animals in the Wilderness since They Can Be Food: Yup’ik Understandings of Moose and Bear
8. Unguvalriit | Sea Mammals
9. Yaqulget Elpengcarilallrat | How Birds Notify Us
III. The Past Is Old, the Future Is Traditional
10. Ircenrraat, the DOT, and the Inventiveness of Tradition
Notes
Glossary
References
Index