@article{452739, author = {Fienup-Riordan, Ann. and Rearden, Alice.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/452739}, title = {Ellavut, our Yup'ik world & weather : continuity and change on the Bering Sea coast /}, publisher = {University of Washington Press ;}, abstract = {"Ellavut, Our Yup'ik World and Weather is a result of nearly ten years of gatherings among Yup'ik elders to document the qanruyutet (words of wisdom) that guide their interactions with the environment. In an effort to educate their own young people as well as people outside the community, the elders discussed the practical skills necessary to live in a harsh environment, stressing the ethical and philosophical aspects of the Yup'ik relationship with the land, ocean, snow, weather, and environmental change, among many other elements of the natural world.}, recid = {452739}, pages = {xiv, 354 p., [16] p. of plates :}, address = {Seattle :}, year = {2012}, }