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Book SynopsisThe Yup'ik are members of the Inuit family. This book explores how these subarctic hunters engage their past in a """"hunt"""" for history to make connections within their own communities, and between them and the larger world.
Trade ReviewThese essays, some by Native voices, focus on two related themes: cultural revival in YupÆik communities, and the intercultural production of indigenous practices and knowledge. * Choice *
Fienup-RiordanÆs latest book is a stimulating look at her anthropological and personal relationships among the YupÆik in southwestern Alaska. Reflecting on 25 years of research in the region . . . she offers several views of the changing world of Alaska Natives, of the relationship between anthropologist and subjects, and of the very goals of anthropology herself. . . . [She] addresses these topics and more with grace and humor. * Arctic *
If you donÆt believe that indigenous cultures have survived and even thrived in the modern world, read Hunting Traditions in a Changing World. Fienup-Riordan shows that, far from relinquishing their culture, the Yupiit (the YupÆik people) are eagerly reclaiming it. This reclamation project is not simply an effort to record dances, songs, and customs; it is a way to engage and shape the present. . . . As an ethnographerÆs report on the changing culture of anthropology and on the changing culture of the Yupiit, this book is fascinating, innovative, empathetic, and plain god reading. * Pacific Northwest Quarterly *
The book offers fascinating and engaging material. * Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History *
This stimulating book of essays contributes fresh ways of thinking about meanings of tradition in the late twentieth century. -- Julie Cruikshank * associate professor of anthropology, University of British Columbia *
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction -
Continuity and Change in Southwestern Alaska
An Anthropologist Reassess Her Methods
The Boy Who Went to Live with the Seals / Paul John
Yup'ik and Christian Encounter -
Metaphors of Conversion, Metaphors of Change
Life Is Like a Toolbox / Paul John
Mixed Metaphors: Old Yup'ik Acts in the New Catholic Church
My Experiences Growing Up / William Tyson
yup'ik@alaska.net -
Yup'ik Community in the 1990s: A Worldwide Web
Yup'iks in the City / John Active
What's in a Name?: Becoming a Real Person in a Yup'ik Community
Tuqluryaraq (``The Way of Knowing Who Your Relatives Are'')
Hunting Tradition in the Late Twentieth Century Collaboration on Display: A Yup'ik Exhibit at Three National Museums
Speaking with Elders / Marie Meade
Elders in Museums: Fieldwork Turned on Its Head
Museums: Part of God's Plan / Paul John
``Let the Millennium Come...We'll Make It'' / John Active
Notes
References
Resources
Index
