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    Yup'ik Words of Wisdom
    Yupiit Qanruyutait, New Edition

    Ann Fienup-Riordan (Edited by), Marie Meade (Translated by), Alice Rearden (Translated by)

    9781496205179

    Paperback / softback, published 1 April 2018

    346 pages, 41 photographs, 1 map, 1 glossary
    22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg

    “Significant and timely. . . . Wise Words of the Yup’ik People and Yup’ik Words of Wisdom together honor the richness of oral tradition among Alaska Natives while addressing a broader audience of the next generation of Yup’ik people, scholars of various disciplines, and policymakers alike.”-Andrea D. Robertson, Pacific Northwest Quarterly
     
     

    “[Yup’ik Words of Wisdom] will prove to be a valuable record of Yup’ik tradition and knowledge not only for young people who might want to spend a few minutes reading, but also for scholars of oral history in the future.”-Polar Record
     

    “Valuable. . . . These texts are important vehicles for both the preservation and use of Yup’ik traditional knowledge for self-determination.”-CHOICE

    This bilingual volume focuses on the teachings, experiences, and practical wisdom of expert Native orators as they instruct a younger generation about their place in the world. In carefully crafted presentations, Yup’ik elders speak about their “rules for right living”-values, beliefs, and practices-which illuminate the enduring and still-relevant foundations of their culture today. While the companion volume, Wise Words of the Yup’ik Peopleweaves together hundreds of statements by Yup’ik elders on the values that guide human relationships, Yup’ik Words of Wisdom, highlights the words of expert orators and focuses on key conversations that took place among elders and younger community members as the elders presented their perspectives on the moral underpinnings of Yup’ik social relations.

    The orators in this volume-including Frank Andrew from Kwigillingok, David Martin from Kipnuk, and Nelson Island elders Paul John and Thersea Moses-were raised in isolated Yup’ik communities in Alaska and were educated much like their parents and grandparents.

    Translated, edited, and organized for a general audience, this bilingual edition is for those who want to know not only what the elders have to say but also how they say it. A new introduction explores this book’s impact over the past decade.

         

    Introduction to the New Bison Books Edition
    Acknowledgments
    Introduction
    Yup’
    ik Transcription and Translation
    List of Yup’
    ik Contributors
    1. Tegganret Qalartellruut Ayagyuat-llu Niicugniluteng
    Elders Spoke and Young People Listened
    2. Umyuaq Tuknilria
    A Powerful Mind
    3. Qanruyutet-gguq Egelrutaakut
    They Say the Qanruyutet Guide Our Lives
    4. Angayuqat Mikelnguut-llu
    Parents and Children
    5. Angutet Arnat-llu
    Men and Women
    6. Ilameggnek Tukuulriit
    Those Who Are Rich in Relatives
    7. Tuqluucaraq
    The Way of Addressing One’
    s Relatives
    8. Eyagyarat
    Abstinence Practices
    9. Tuarpiaq Yuuyaraat Yupiit Teguq’
    aqsi
    Catching the Yup’
    ik Way of Life
    Glossary
    Tuqluutet: Yup’
    ik Kinship and Relational Terms
     
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