Ellavut / Our Yup'ik World and Weather

Cultural anthropologist Ann Fienup-Riordan is the author of numerous books on the Native peoples of Alaska, including Ellavut / Our Yup'ik World and Weather: Continuity and Change on the Bering Sea Coast (University of Washington Press, 2012) and Yup'ik Elders at the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin: Fieldwork Turned on Its Head (University of Washington Press, 2005). Alice Rearden is the primary translator for the Calista Elders Council. She translated Paitarkiutenka / My Legacy to You by Misaq / Frank Andrew, Sr., among other bilingual works.

• Acknowledgments 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 ReferencesIndex

"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."