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Tengautuli Atkuk / The Flying Parka

The Meaning and Making of Parkas in Southwest Alaska

By Ann Fienup-Riordan, Alice Rearden, and Marie Meade

Parkas are part of a living tradition in southwest Alaska. Some are ornamented with tassels, beads, and elaborate stitching; others are simpler fur or birdskin garments. Although fewer fancy parkas are sewn today, many people...

Ellavut / Our Yup'ik World and Weather

Continuity and Change on the Bering Sea Coast

By Ann Fienup-Riordan and Alice Rearden

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...

Qaluyaarmiuni Nunamtenek Qanemciput / Our Nelson Island Stories

By Edited by Ann Fienup-Riordan. Translated by Alice Rearden

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...