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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ann Fienup-Riordan , Alice ReardenPublisher: University of Washington Press Imprint: University of Washington Press Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.885kg ISBN: 9780295997049ISBN 10: 0295997044 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 23 July 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 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 IndexReviewsFienup-Riordan's forty years of intimate collaboration with Nelson Island elders has enabled her to successfully give the English-speaking public a sense of being instructed by the elders themselves.... It is the kind of work that could not be produced by anyone else.--Steve Street Alaska History, Vol. 23, No. 2 (01/01/2013) Fienup-Riordan's forty years of intimate collaboration with Nelson Island elders has enabled her to successfully give the English-speaking public a sense of being instructed by the elders themselves. . . . It is the kind of work that could not be produced by anyone else. -- Steve Street * Alaska History, Vol. 23, No. 2 * Ellavut takes its place alongside such classics on indigenous views of the environment as Keith Basso's Wisdom Sits in Places and Richard Nelson's Make Prayers to the Raven. Essential. * Choice * This stunning work will be of great interest to Yup'ik people, oral historians, geographers, and anthropologists. More broadly...fellow global citizens could benefit from the words and reflections of the Elders, which inspire reconceptualization of humanity's relationship to the environment as based on reciprocation, not domination. -- Meagan Gough * Oral History Review * Fienup-Riordan's forty years of intimate collaboration with Nelson Island elders has enabled her to successfully give the English-speaking public a sense of being instructed by the elders themselves... It is the kind of work that could not be produced by anyone else. -- Steve Street Alaska History, Vol. 23, No. 2 Ellavut takes its place alongside such classics on indigenous views of the environment as Keith Basso's Wisdom Sits in Places and Richard Nelson's Make Prayers to the Raven. Essential. Choice This stunning work will be of great interest to Yup'ik people, oral historians, geographers, and anthropologists. More broadly...fellow global citizens could benefit from the words and reflections of the Elders, which inspire reconceptualization of humanity's relationship to the environment as based on reciprocation, not domination. -- Meagan Gough Oral History Review Author InformationCultural anthropologist Ann Fienup-Riordan is the author of numerous books on the Native peoples of Alaska, including Ellavut / Our Yup'ik World and Weather: Continuity and Change on the Bering Sea Coast (University of Washington Press, 2012) and Yup'ik Elders at the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin: Fieldwork Turned on Its Head (University of Washington Press, 2005). Alice Rearden is the primary translator for the Calista Elders Council. She translated Paitarkiutenka / My Legacy to You by Misaq / Frank Andrew, Sr., among other bilingual works. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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