Fienup-Riordan, Ann, authorMeade, Marie, authorRearden, Alice, authorUniversity of Alaska Press, publisher2023-03-302023-03-302019https://hdl.handle.net/10217/236374In fall 2014, Calista Education and Culture, Inc. (CEC, formerly Calista Elders Council) began a four-year study funded by the Office of Subsistence Management of the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The study focused on whitefish and other non-salmon freshwater fish harvested by residents of the Akulmiut villages of Kasigluk, Nunapitchuk, and Atmautluak, as well as those living along the Kuskokwim River just below Bethel in the villages of Napaskiak, Napakiak, and Oscarville. Harvest studies have been carried out in some of these communities (Ikuta, Brown, and Koester, ed. 2014) as well as two major ethnographic studies--one in Napaskiak (Oswalt 1963) and one in Nunapitchuk (Andrews 1989). Our intended focus was not on harvest amounts but rather traditional knowledge surrounding the harvest and use of the six species of whitefish, as well as pike, burbot, and blackfish, on which people from this area relied so heavily in the past and continue to harvest to this day. In fact, all three contemporary Akulmiut villages, as well as settlements in the past, were established at sites where fish fences were built across the river each fall to intercept whitefish as they migrated out of the lakes and sloughs toward the mainstem of the Kuskokwim River. If there is one food that defines people from this area, it is whitefish.--Provided by publisher.Fish throughout the year -- Knowing the land and wilderness -- Care of fish and food -- All things have awareness -- Our world and weather are changing -- Yup'ik transcription and translation -- THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT. Food and family -- Fish throughout the year -- Hunting and fur trapping -- Food shortage -- Taking care of fish and food -- All things have awareness.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.Yupik Eskimos -- Alaska -- Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta -- Social life and customsYupik Eskimos -- Food -- Alaska -- Yukon-Kuskokwim DeltaYupik Eskimos -- FishingSubsistence fishing -- Alaska, SouthwestTraditional ecological knowledge -- Alaska, SouthwestWhitefish fisheries -- Alaska, SouthwestYukon-Kuskokwim Delta (Alaska) -- Social life and customsEthnology -- Alaska -- Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta RegionOlder Yupik Eskimos -- InterviewsCentral Yupik language -- TextsTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, 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 members only.