| Akulmiut Neqait / Fish and Food of the Akulmiut Contributor(s): Fienup-Riordan, Ann (Author), Meade, Marie (Author), Rearden, Alice (Author) |
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ISBN: 1602233861 ISBN-13: 9781602233867 Publisher: University of Alaska Press OUR PRICE: $37.57 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - History | United States - State & Local - General |
| Dewey: 979.8 |
| LCCN: 2018060361 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 7" W x 9.9" (2.30 lbs) 350 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 view not only their actions in the world, but their interactions with each other, as having a direct and profound effect on these fish. Not only are fish viewed as responding to human action and intention in many contexts, but the lakes and rivers fish inhabit are likewise viewed as sentient beings, with the ability to respond both positively and negatively to those who travel there. This bilingual book details the lives of the Akulmiut living in the lake country west of Bethel, Alaska, in the villages of Kasigluk, Nunapitchuk, and Atmautluak. Akulmiut Neqait is based in conversations recorded with the people of these villages as they talk about their uniquely Yup'ik view of the world and how it has weathered periods of immense change in southwest Alaska. While many predicted that globalization would sound the death knoll for many distinctive traditions, these conversations show that Indigenous people all over the planet have sought to appropriate the world in their own terms. For all their new connectedness, the continued relevance of traditional admonitions cannot be denied. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fienup-Riordan, Ann: - Ann Fienup-Riordan is an anthropologist who has lived and worked in Alaska for more than forty years. She has written and edited more than twenty books on Yup'ik history and oral traditions.Rearden, Alice: - Alice Rearden is a fluent Yup'ik speaker and the primary translator and oral historian for Calista Education and Culture, Inc. |