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This book brings together as complete a record of traditional Yupik rules and rituals as is possible in the late twentieth century. Incorporating elders recollections of the system of ruled boundaries and ritual passages that guided their parents and grandparents a century ago, Ann Fienup-Riordan brings into focus the complex, creative Yupik world view-expressed by ceremonial exchanges and the cycling of names, gifts, and persons-which continues to shape daily life in communities along the Bering Sea coast.
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Boundaries and Passages : Rule and Ritual in Yup'ik Eskimo Oral Tradition Civilization of the American Indian Series ; V. 212
author
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Fienup-Riordan, Ann.
publisher
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University of Oklahoma Press
isbn10 | asin
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0806126469
print isbn13
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9780806126463
ebook isbn13
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9780806171043
language
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English
subject
Yupik Eskimos--Folklore, Oral tradition--Alaska, Yupik Eskimos--Rites and ceremonies, Yupik Eskimos--Religion and mythology.
publication date
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1994
lcc
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E99.E7F44 1994eb
ddc
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398.2/089971
subject
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Yupik Eskimos--Folklore, Oral tradition--Alaska, Yupik Eskimos--Rites and ceremonies, Yupik Eskimos--Religion and mythology.
Page i
Boundaries and Passages
The Civilization of the American Indian Series
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"Woman's mask." In Yup'ik each hoop is designated ellanguaq (pretend universe). A. H. Twitchell, 1910; National Museum of the American Indian.
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Boundaries and Passages
Rule and Ritual in Yup'ik Eskimo Oral Tradition
By Ann Fienup-Riordan
University of Oklahoma Press : Norman and London
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Other Books by Ann Fienup-Riordan
The Nelson Island Eskimo (Anchorage, 1983)
When Our Bad Season Comes (Anchorage, 1986)
The Yup'ik Eskimos as Described in the Travel Journals and Ethnographic Accounts of John and Edith Kilbuck, 18851900 (Kingston, Ont., 1988)
Eskimo Essays: Yup'ik Lives and How We See Them (New Brunswick, N.J., 1990)
The Real People and the Children of Thunder: The Yup'ik Eskimo Encounter with Moravian Missionaries John and Edith Kilbuck (Norman, 1991)
Published with the assistance of the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal agency which supports the study of such fields as history, philosophy, literature, and language.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Fienup-Riordan, Ann. Boundaries and passages : rule and ritual in Yup'ik Eskimo oral tradi tion / by Ann Fienup-Riordan. p. cm. (The Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 212) Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index. ISBN 0-8061-2604-3 (alk. paper) 1. Yupik EskimosLegends. 2. Oral traditionAlaska. 3. Yupik EskimosRites and ceremonies. 4. Yupik EskimosReligion and mythology. I. Title. II. Series. E99.E7F44 199493-23220 398.2'089971dc20CIP
The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources, Inc.
Boundaries and Passages: Rule and Ritual in Yup'ik Eskimo Oral Tradition is Volume 212 in The Civilization of the American Indian Series.
Copyright 1994 by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing Division of the University. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the U.S.A.
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To Billy Lincoln, Brentina Chanar, and the many elders who generously shared their knowledge
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Contents
List of Illustrations
ix
Preface
xiii
Acknowledgments
xvii
Transcription and Translation
xix
Yup'ik Orators
xxiii
1. Metaphors to Live By: The Boy Who Went to Live with the Seals and the Girl Who Returned from the Dead
3
2. The Relationship between Humans and Animals
46
3. Clearing the Way: The Entry of Animals into the Human World
88
4. Preparing the Path: Becoming a Real Person
143
5. The Reproduction of Life: The Relationship between Men, Women, and Animals
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