Nunakun-gguq ciutengqertut. They say they have ears through the ground: animal essays from Southwest Alaska
Abstract
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 ...
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Author(s)
Fienup-Riordan, Ann, author; Rearden, Alice, author; Meade, Marie, author; Chanar, David, author; Nayamin, Rebecca, author; Joseph, Corey, author; University of Alaska Press, publisher
Rights Access
Access is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.
Date Issued
2020
Format
born digital; booksCollections
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