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Book SynopsisDetails the Yup'ik elders' qanruyutet (words of wisdom) that guide their interactions with the environment
Trade Review"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 *
"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 *
"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 *
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
Index
