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Title Wise words of the Yup'ik people : we talk to you because we love you / edited by Ann Fienup-Riordan ; translations from the Yup'ik by Alice Rearden
Published Lincoln : Bison Books, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations, maps
Contents Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction to the New Bison Books Edition -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Yup'ik Transcription and Translation -- List of Yup'ik Contributors -- 1. Elders Spoke and Young People Listened -- 2. A Powerful Mind -- 3. Boys Are Like Puppies, Ears Are Eyes, and Women Are Death -- 4. Parents and Children -- 5. Men and Women -- 6. Those Who Are Rich in Relatives: Extended Family Relations -- 7. Tuqluucaraq: The Way of Addressing One's Relatives -- 8. The World Contains No Others, Only Persons: Yup'ik Views of Self and Other
9. Qanrucunailnguut: Those Who Do Not Listen and Adhere -- 10. Eyagyarat: Abstinence Practices -- 11. Making the Past Present: The Desertion of the Qasgi -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index -- Map. The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Region
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Yupik Eskimos -- Quotations
Eskimo philosophy.
Older Yupik Eskimos.
Yupik Eskimos -- Social life and customs
Eskimo philosophy
Older Yupik Eskimos
Yupik Eskimos
Yupik Eskimos -- Social life and customs
Genre/Form Quotations
Form Electronic book
Author Fienup-Riordan, Ann, editor
Rearden, Alice, translator
ISBN 9781496211163
1496211162