Title:
Words of the real people : Alaska native literature in translation
JLCTITLE245:
edited by Ann Fienup-Riordan and Lawrence D. Kaplan ; contributions by Howard Amos ... [and others].
Publication Information:
Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, c2007.
Physical Description:
xxxvi, 276 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781602230040
9781602230057
General Note:
Iñupiaq, Siberian Yupik, Yup'ik, Cup'ig, and Alutiiq literature in translation.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Term:
Personal Name:
James Ruppert donor
Contents:
Preface and acknowledgments : smoked fish and jars of jam -- Introduction : Yupik and Iñupiaq literature in translation / Ann Fienup-Riordan -- Part I. Central Yup'ik and Cup'ig narratives -- Yaqutgiarcankut/Yaqutgiarcaq and her family / Natalia White, Elsie Mather, and Phyllis Morrow -- One who didn't think much of a man's stomach / Paul John and Sophie Shield -- Quliraq / Frances Usugan and Cathy Moses -- Aanakallii ner'aqallii/I Have Eaten My Mother / Frank Andrew and Alice Rearden -- The five sisters / Lena Atkiq Ilutsik, Virginia Ilutsik Andrew, and Esther Arnaq Ilutsik -- Atkuut tengaurturalriit/A Flying Parka / Paul John and Marie Meade -- Uraquralzrig/Sibling brothers / Nuratar Andrew Noatak, Nakaar Howard Amos, and Robert Drozda -- Part II. Iñupiaq narratives -- Introduction to Iñupiaq narratives / Lawrence D. Kaplan with Deanna Paniataaq Kingston -- Uvana Atiga Aliitchak/My name isAliitchak / Minnie Gray, Tadataka Nagai, and Lawrence D. Kaplan -- A long unipkaaq / Jimmie Killigivuk, Carol Tukummiq Omnik, Tom Lowenstein -- The story of the King Island wolf dance / Lucy Tanaqiq Koyuk, Earl Aisana Mayac, and Deanna Paniataaq Kingston -- King Island Iñupiaq stories / Frank Ellanna, Bernadette Alvanna-Stumpfle, and Lawrence D. Kaplan -- An unwritten law of the sea / Herbert O. Anungazuk -- Part III. St. Lawrence Island/Siberian Yupik narratives -- Introduction to St. Lawrence Island/Siberian Yupik narratives / Lawrence D. Kaplan -- Yuuk neqenyuqaq/The good hunter / Vera Metcalf and Theodore Kingiikaq -- Three generations of St. Lawrence Island writer : the work of Paul Silook, Roger Silook, and Susie Silook / Susie Silook -- Qati Hik : a St. Lawrence Island Yupik tale / Della Waghiyi and Willem J. de Reuse -- Part IV. Alutiiq narratives -- Introduction to Alutiiq narratives / Patricia Partnow -- The power of story : arnaq taqukaraam pillra/The woman who was gotten by the bear / Ignatius Kosbruk, Patricia Partnow, and Jeff Leer.
Language:
Some contributions appear in both the original Native language and English translation.