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Paitarkiutenka / My Legacy to You (Paperback)
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Paitarkiutenka / My Legacy to You (Paperback)
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Yup'ik elders of southwest Alaska recall, "Our ancestors were never
heavy with a tool kit." They carried in their minds what they
needed to live rich lives in the harsh environment of the Bering
Sea coast. Frank Andrew, Sr. (1917-2006), was one of the few elders
to bring this knowledge into the twenty-first century. Not only did
Frank Andrew possess knowledge and wisdom--he shared it. For five
years before his death he worked tirelessly with Yup'ik translators
Alice Rearden and Marie Meade and anthropologist Ann Fienup-Riordan
to document his knowledge of life on the Bering Sea coast. What he
shared is specific to the Canineq (lower coastal) area at the mouth
of the Kuskokwim River. When he talked about kayak building, tomcod
fishing, or bird hunting, it was based on his own experience in the
area surrounding Kwigillingok, where he spent his life. His
unprecedented depth of knowledge and eloquent storytelling inspired
this book. Paitarkiutenka / My Legacy to You is the bilingual
companion volume to Yuungnaqpiallerput / The Way We Genuinely Live:
Masterworks of Yup'ik Science and Survival, which gives readers a
sense of the complexity and variety of Yup'ik tools and technology.
Paitarkiutenka offers greater detail about working with wood, kayak
construction, and coastal hunting. Stories and information on
seasonal activities in the Canineq area appear here for the first
time. This book acknowledges the enormous amount of information and
remarkable skills that each individual needed to live life on the
Bering Sea coast; it is Frank Andrew's legacy to us all.
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