![]() | Qaluyaarmiuni Nunamtenek Qanemciput / Our Nelson Island Stories Subjects: Yupik Eskimos -- Alaska -- Nelson Island -- Interviews; Yupik Eskimos -- Alaska -- Nelson Island -- History; Yupik Eskimos -- Alaska -- Nelson Island -- Social life and customs; Geographical perception -- Alaska -- Nelson Island; Place attachement -- Alas; 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, contextualizing them through stories of how people interacted with them in the past and continue to know them today. The stories both provide a rich, descriptive historical record and detail the ways in which land use has changed over time. 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. Ann Fienup-Riordan is the author of many books on the Native peoples of Alaska, including Freeze Frame: Alaska Eskimos in the Movies. |
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