Sökt på: Böcker av Alice Rearden
totalt 15 träffar
Qanemcit Amllertut/Many Stories to Tell
This bilingual collection shares new translations of old stories recorded over the last four decades though interviews with Yup'ik elders from throughout southwest Alaska. Some are …
Yungcautnguuq Nunam Qainga Tamarmi/All the Land's Surface is Medicine
In this book, close to one hundred men and women from all over southwest Alaska share knowledge of their homeland and the plants that grow there. They speak eloquently about time …
Wise Words of the Yup'ik People
Nunakun-gguq Ciutengqertut/They Say They Have Ears Through the Ground
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 …
Wise Words of the Yup'ik People
The Yup'ik people of southwestern Alaska were some of the last Arctic peoples to come into contact with non-Natives, and as a result, Yup’ik language and many traditions remain …
Ciulirnerunak Yuuyaqunak/Do Not Live Without an Elder
In October of 2010, six men who were serving on the board of the Calista Elders Council (CEC) gathered in Anchorage with CEC staff to spend three days speaking about the …
Ellavut / Our Yup'ik World and Weather
Ellavut / Our Yup'ik World and Weather is a result of nearly ten years of gatherings among Yup'ik elders to document the qanruyutet (words of wisdom) that guide their interactions …
Anguyiim Nalliini/Time of Warring
This book draws on little-known oral histories from the Yup'ik people of southwest Alaska to detail a period of bow-and-arrow warfare that took place in the region between 1300 and …
Wise Words of the Yup'ik People
The Yup’ik people of southwest Alaska were among the last Arctic peoples to come into contact with non-Natives, and as a result, Yup’ik language and many traditions remain vital …
Tengautuli Atkuk / The Flying Parka
Parkas are part of a living tradition in southwest Alaska. Some are ornamented with tassels, beads, and elaborate stitching; others are simpler fur or birdskin garments. Although …
Akulmiut Neqait
For centuries, the Akulmiut people—a Yup’ik group—have been sustained by the annual movements of whitefish. It is a food that sustains and defines them. To this day, many Akulmiut …
Qaluyaarmiuni Nunamtenek Qanemciput / Our Nelson Island Stories
In this volume Nelson Island elders describe hundreds of traditionally important places in the landscape, from camp and village sites to tiny sloughs and deep ocean channels, …