Yupik may refer to The Yupik peoples in general The Yupik languages in general The Siberian Yupik people The Siberian Yupik language also known as Yuit or St. Lawrence Island Eskimo Yup ik with apostrophe refers specifically to The Central Alaskan Yup ik people of western and southwestern Alaska who are speakers of Central Yup ik The Central Alaskan Yup ik language spoken in western and southwestern Alaska The Yup ik syllabary , also known as the Yugtun script disambig ... more details
Infobox language family name Yupik ethnicity Yupik people region Alaska , Siberia familycolor Eskimo ... child3 Central Siberian Yupik language Central Siberian child4 Inupiaq language Inupiaq child5 Naukan language Naukan child6 Sireniki Eskimo language Sirenik ? iso2 ypk The Yupik languages are the several distinct languages of the several Yupik peoples of western and southcentral Alaska and northeastern Siberia . The Yupik languages differ enough from one another that speakers of different .... The Yupik languages are in the family of Eskimo Aleut languages. The Aleut language Aleut and Eskimo languages diverged about 2000 BC within the Eskimo classification, the Yupik languages diverged from each other and from the Inuit language about 1000 AD. Geographic distribution of Yupik languages The Yupik languages are Naukan Yupik language Naukan Yupik also Naukanski spoken by perhaps 100 people ... Peninsula of Eastern Siberia. Central Siberian Yupik language Central Siberian Yupik also Yupigestun , Akuzipik , Siberian Yupik , Siberian Yupik Eskimo , Central Siberian Yupik Eskimo , St. Lawrence Island Yupik , Yuit , Asiatic Eskimo , Jupigyt , Yupihyt , Bering Strait Yupik spoken by the majority of Yupik in the Russian Far East and by the people on St. Lawrence Island , Alaska. Most of the 1,000 ... say the name of the language with an elongated p all the other languages call their language Yupik . Of the about ... dialects of Central Alaskan Yupik. The largest dialect, General Central Yupik or Yugtun , is spoken .... There are three other Central Alaskan Yupik dialects Norton Sound , Hooper Bay Chevak, Alaska Chevak .... Within the General Central Yupik dialect there are geographic subdialects which differ mostly in word choices. Alutiiq language Alutiiq also Pacific Gulf Yupik , Pacific Yupik , Chugach , or Sugpiaq ... small m n ng IPA colspan 2 Approximant consonant Approximant IPA w y IPA j Vowels Yupik languages ... L qay ni qa.y .ni his own kayak As can be seen above, the footing of a Yupik word starts from the left ... more details
Expert subject anthropology date August 2011 About Yupik peoples in general the people of southwestern Alaska Central Alaskan Yup ik people other uses of the name Yupik disambiguation Yupik Infobox Ethnic group group Yupik image Image Edward S. Curtis Collection People 008.jpg 200px population 24,000 2000 U.S. Census pop1 poptime popplace flag USA primarily in Alaska br flag Russia langs Yupik language ... Yupik , Alutiiq , Naukan The Yupik in the Central Alaskan Yup ik language , Yup ik , plural Yupiit ... of southcentral Alaska and the Siberian Yupik Siberian Yupik people of the Russian Far East and St. Lawrence Island ref http www.pbs.org wgbh nova extremeice thin 01 q 300.html Video about Yupik communities ... . They are one of the four Yupik peoples of Alaska and Siberia , closely related to the Alutiiq Pacific Yupik of southcentral Alaska, the Siberian Yupik of St. Lawrence Island and Russian ... Bay Chevak dialect, call themselves Cup ik plural Cup it . The Central Alaskan Yupik who ..., Alaska Chevak call themselves Cup ik plural Cup it . Population The Central Alaskan Yupik are by far ... U.S. Census, the Yupik population in the United States numbered over 24,000, ref name censusUS ... to Siberian Yupik, exemplifies the Central Yup ik s orthography, where the apostrophe represents ... yupik mask.jpg thumb left upright 0.85 Yup ik mask, Sitka , Alaska, collection of the Alaska State .... The ceremonies involve a shaman . Image Yupik mask Branly 70 1999 1 2.jpg thumb right 200px A Yupik ... Languages Main Yupik languages The five Yupik language s related to Inuktitut are still very widely spoken more than 75 of the Yupik Yup ik population are fluent in the language. The Alaskan and Siberian Yupik, like the Alaskan Inupiat people Inupiat , adopted the system of writing developed by Moravian Church missionaries during the 1760s in Greenland . In addition, the Alaskan Yupik and Inupiat ... at Library and Archives Canada ref Late nineteenth century Moravian missionaries to the Yupik ... more details
Infobox language name Naukan Yupik nativename states Russia Russian Federation region Bering Strait region speakers approximately 70 familycolor Eskimo Aleut fam2 Eskimo fam3 Yupik languages Yupik iso3 ynk script Cyrillic Naukan Yupik language ref name intermed harvnb Jacobson 2005 ref or Naukan Siberian Yupik language is an Eskimo language spoken by ca. 70 persons on Chukchi Peninsula Chukotka peninsula . It is one of the four Yupik languages , alongside with Central Siberian Yupik language Central Siberian Yupik , Central Alaskan Yup ik language Central Alaskan Yup ik and Alutiiq language Pacific Gulf Yupik . Linguistically, it is intermediate between Central Siberian Yupik and Central Alaskan Yup ik. ref name intermed harvnb Jacobson 2005 p 150 ref Notes reflist 2 References citation last Jacobson first Steven A. title History of the Naukan Yupik Eskimo dictionary with implications for a future Siberian Yupik dictionary journal tudes Inuit Studies year 2005 volume 29 issue 1 2 url http www.erudit.org revue etudinuit 2005 v29 n1 2 013937ar.pdf External links http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code ynk Ethnologue Eskimo Aleut languages Category Languages of Russia Category Endangered Eskimo Aleut languages Category Yupik languages Russia stub es Idioma naukanski ka lez frr Naukan jupik pms Lenga yupik, naukan ru fi Naukaninjupik tr Naukan Yupik esi udm ... more details
for the people Siberian Yupiks Incubator code ess Main Page Infobox language name Siberian Yupik, Yuit ... approximately 1,350 ethnicity Siberian Yupiks fam1 Eskimo Aleut fam2 Eskimo fam3 Yupik iso3 ess familycolor Eskimo Aleut script Latin script Latin , Cyrillic notice IPA Siberian Yupik also known as Central Siberian Yupik , Bering Strait Yupik , Yuit , Yoit , St. Lawrence Island Yupik and in Russia Chaplinski Yupik or Yuk is one of the four ref If we include also Sireniki Eskimo language , then there is a total of five, but the latter s classification is not settled yet. ref Yupik languages Central Siberian Yupik , Naukan language Naukan Siberian Yupik , Central Alaskan Yup ik language Central Alaskan Yupik , Alutiiq language Pacific Gulf Yupik . Central Siberian Yupik belongs to the Eskimo Aleut languages Eskimo Aleut language family . It the largest Yupik idiom spoken in Siberia , and it is spoken also on St. Lawrence Island . Its speakers, the Siberian Yupik people, are an indigenous ..., about 1,050 people from a total Siberian Yupik population of 1,100 speak the language. In Russia ... 1,350 speakers worldwide. Subgroups IPA notice Chaplinski the largest Yupik language of Siberia, the second ... Endangered Languages in Northeast Siberia Siberian Yupik and other Languages of Chukotka by Nikolai ... Other Yupik languages Naukan language Naukanski , or Nuvuqaghmiistun, the second largest Yupik ... as not belonging to the Yupik branch at all, thus forming in itself a stand alone third branch of Eskimo languages alongside with Inuit and Yupik . ref name bevakhtin ref name Vakh Sir Its peculiarities ... publisher Akad miai Kiad location Budapest year 1968 de Reuse, Willem J. 1994 . Siberian Yupik .... Lawrence Island Siberian Yupik Eskimo Language . Fairbanks Alaska Native Language Center, College ..., and Sharon Pungowiyi Satre. Test of Oral Language Dominance Siberian Yupik English . Albuquerque ... Grammar of the St. Lawrence Island Siberian Yupik Eskimo Language location Fairbanks publisher ... more details
for the language Siberian Yupik language Image Siberian eskimo Nabogatova .PNG thumb right 350px A Siberian Yupik woman holding walrus tusks. Photo Nabogatova Siberian Yupiks , or Yuits , are indigenous ... Russian Federation and on St. Lawrence Island in Alaska . They speak Siberian Yupik language Central Siberian Yupik also known as Yuit , a Yupik language of the Eskimo Aleut family of languages ... with the neighboring Siberian Yupik languages. ref name linfranc http unesdoc.unesco.org ... Yupik on St. Lawrence Island live in the villages of Savoonga, Alaska Savoonga and Gambell ... submit Ungazighmiit people the largest of Siberian Yupik variants had IPA a li nal i s, who received ... other Eskimo cultures, the name giving of a newborn baby among Siberian Yupik meant that a deceased ... cite web last Vajda first Edward J title Siberian Yupik Eskimo work East Asian Studies url http ... space. ref 1954 196 ref See also Siberian Yupik language Yupik language Yupik peoples Yupik .... 1994 . Siberian Yupik Eskimo The language and its contacts with Chukchi . Studies in indigenous languages ... Vakhtin. 1997. Indigenous Knowledge in Modern Culture Siberian Yupik Ecological Legacy in Transition ... Yupik Eskimo Text from the 1940s. format pdf url http www.uaf.edu anla collections search resultDetail.xml ... 3.0 United States License. cite web last Vajda first Edward J title Siberian Yupik Eskimo work East ... en icon cite web author Ludmila Ainana, Tatiana Achirgina Arsiak, Tasian Tein title Yupik Asiatic Eskimo url http alaska.si.edu culture ne siberian.asp?subculture Yupik 20 Asiatic 20Eskimo &continue ... Endangered Languages in Northeast Siberia Siberian Yupik and other Languages of Chukotka by Nikolai ... 2 019715ar.html?lang en The end of Eskimo land Yupik relocation in Chukotka, 1958 1959 tudes Inuit ... Siberian Yupik group, Ungazighmiit. Enlarged versions of the above series, select with the navigation ... Museum of History and Art year c1825 url http alaska.si.edu media.asp?id 39&object id 218 Yupik ... more details
CSY may refer to CSY is the ICAO airline designator for Shuangyang General Aviation Company , China CSY is the IATA airport code for Cheboksary Airport , Russia Central Siberian Yupik language , one of the four Yupik languages . It is spoken also on St. Lawrence Island disambig it CSY ... more details
Sireniki Eskimo may refer to Sireniki Eskimos Sireniki Eskimo language Remark Sireniki Eskimo language is often classified as a third branch of Eskimo languages, alongside with Inuit languages Inuit and Yupik languages Yupik . disambig Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
Yup ik may refer to the Central Alaskan Yup ik people of western and southwestern Alaska their Central Alaskan Yup ik language See also Yupik disambig ... more details
lowercase mengluni mengluni is an album by Pamyua released in 1998 by Ellavut Records . mengluni was the debut album by Pamyua. The title is the Yupik languages Yupik word for the beginning. Track listing Uivaaranga Kaaka ggug Cauyalriitqaa Reindeer Herding Song My People Tarvarnauramken Inngerneq Cauyaqa Nauwa? Lullaby Imumirpak Unugaanga External links http www.surrealstudios.com Reviews Pamyua.html Review by the Anchorage Daily News Category 1998 albums Category Music of Alaska ... more details
Primary sources date November 2008 Pamyua IPAc en icon b m j o . respell BUM yoh is a Yupik peoples Yupik musical group from Anchorage, Alaska Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska . General information Pamyua s music is self described as tribal funk and world music . Most of their songs are based on traditional Yupik, Inuit and Greenland ic chants, but the group is well known for reinterpreting them in modern styles, such as the song Cayauqa Nauwa , which has been performed a cappella mengluni , 1998 and with Pacific Islander influences Caught in the Act , 2003 , as well as traditionally Drums of the North , 2005 . Pamyua has toured across the United States and the world, performing at many world music festivals. In 2003, Pamyua won the Record of the Year Nammy for their album Caught in the Act . ref cite book last Devine first Bob coauthors Michael Melford title National Geographic Traveler Alaska publisher National Geographic Books date 2009 edition 2 pages 43 isbn 9781426203862 url http books.google.com books?id 9jjlaykzDzsC&pg PA43 ref They opened the celebration of the National Museum of the American Indian . ref http dwb.adn.com front story 5583687p 5515355c.htmlle nmai opening.htm Anchorage Daily News ref Dead link date May 2010 The National Museum of the American Indian also released a compilation recording featuring the music of Pamyua. ref http www.nmai.si.edu subpage.cfm?second firsthouse&subpage collaboration NMIA ref Discography mengluni 1998 Verses Apallut 2001 Caught in the Act Pamyua album Caught in the Act 2003 Drums of the North 2005 Current members ref http tribalfunk.wordpress.com biography Pamyau biography ref Stephen Blanchett, Yupik and African American heritage Phillip Blanchett, Yupik and African American heritage Karina M ller, Greenlandic Inuit heritage Ossie Kairaiuak,Yupik heritage References Reflist External links http www.pamyua.com Pamyua home page http www.myspace.com pamyua Myspace Category Music of Alaska Category Musical ... more details
File Yupik mask unedited.jpg thumb 100 px Negafook depicted in a Yup ik mask Unreferenced date January 2008 In Inuit mythology , Negafook or Negagfok is a god of weather systems, particularly wintry cold ones. Inuit Mythology Category Inuit gods Category Sky and weather gods NorthAm myth stub fr Negafook pt Negafook ... more details
Infobox lake lake name Aleknagik Lake image lake AleknagikLake.JPG caption lake image bathymetry caption bathymetry location Dillingham Census Area, Alaska , United States USA ref name gnis coords coord 59 20 22 N 158 48 07 W region US type waterbody scale 250000 display inline,title type inflow outflow catchment basin countries United States length 32 km 20 mi ref name gnis width 26 km 16 mi area depth max depth volume residence time shore elevation islands cities Aleknagik, Alaska Aleknagik Image AKMap doton Aleknagik.png right Location of Aleknagik, Alaska File aleknagik lake.jpg Aleknagik Lake is a lake in the U.S. state of Alaska . It is 32 km 20 mi long ref name gnis Cite gnis 1398092 Lake Aleknagik ref by 26 km 16 mi wide. The village of Aleknagik, Alaska Aleknagik is on its southeast shore. Aleknagik is a Yupik language Yupik word meaning wrong way home . Yupik peoples Yupik s returning to their homes along the Nushagak River would sometimes become lost in the fog and be swept up the Wood River to Aleknagik Lake by the tide. References Reflist Refimprove date November 2006 Category Landforms of Dillingham Census Area, Alaska Category Lakes of Alaska DillinghamAK geo stub de Lake Aleknagik ... more details
Cape Chaplino is a cape pointing eastward in the Bering Sea in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of the Russian Federation . This headland is located in an area of narrow Spit landform beach ridges and swales which form a roughly triangular lagoon. Cape Chaplino was the site of a Siberian Yupik Yupik village Ungazik Chaplino Unisak on USCGS charts which gave its name to the Chaplinski dialect of the Siberian Yupik language . The cape is shown as Indian Point on a USCGS chart from 1897. References http worldmaps.web.infoseek.co.jp russia guide.htm Location US Coast and Geodetic Survey http historicalcharts.noaa.gov historicals historical zoom.asp Historical maps and Charts project query Bering. a select Chart 9302 7 1945 b select Chart 366 00 1897 Reid, Anna 2002 The Shaman s Coat A Native history of Siberia Phoenix Orion Books London paperback edition 2003 External links http web1.kunstkamera.ru exhibition forsht eng chaplino 115 31.shtml Ungazik, village on Cape Chaplino, in the early twentieth century Krupnik, Igor and Mikhail Chlenov 2007 . http id.erudit.org revue etudinuit 2007 v31 n1 2 019715ar.html?lang en The end of Eskimo land Yupik relocation in Chukotka, 1958 1959 tudes Inuit Studies 31 1 2 pp 59 81. coord 64.4047998 N 172.2275162 W display title region RU type landmark Category Geography of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Category Bering Sea Category Headlands of Russia ChukotkaAutonomousOkrug geo stub nl Kaap Tsjaplino nn Kapp Tsjaplino ru ... more details
This is a partial list of Notable American Inuit including the Yupik peoples Yupik and Inupiat people Inupiat , who largely reside in Alaska . The Arctic and subarctic dwelling Inuit formerly referred to as Eskimo are a group of culturally similar indigenous people s inhabiting Canada . John Baker musher John Baker , dog musher, pilot and motivational speaker Irene Bedard , actor Ada Blackjack , castaway Rita Pitka Blumenstein , traditional doctor Ramy Brooks , kennel owner and operator, motivational speaker, and dog musher Ray Mala , actor Uyaquk , Moravian missionary and linguistic genius See also List of Inuit Category American Inuit people Category Inuit people American Category Lists of American people by ethnic or national origin Inuit ... more details
Bethel . They spent their adult lives in southwestern Alaska as missionaries and teachers among the Yupik peoples Yupik people. In 1896, they were joined by Edith s younger brother Joseph H. Romig and his ... 1900. They quickly learned the Yupik language. John developed missionary work around existing Yupik ... and Labrador . He adopted Yupik language Yupik as the language of the Moravian Church in Alaska, a policy which continues to the present in Yupik speaking areas. Reverend John Hinz, another missionary, had begun to translate scripture and other material into Yupik written with Roman English letters. Uyaquk , a local helper, convert and later missionary, translated some of these texts into Yupik .... The Hinz script became the standard for writing Yupik until about 1970. It was replaced by a script developed by a group of native Yupik speakers and linguists at the University of Alaska . John ... unavailable about Yupik life in the late 19th century. The book, The Real People and the Children of Thunder by Ann Fienup Riordan, is about their ministry and the Yupik. The Kilbuck Mountain range ... more details
Image Walrus2.jpg thumb right Pacific Walrus at Cape Peirce Image Ivorymasks.jpg thumb right Ceremonial ivory masks produced by Yupik peoples Yupik in Alaska Image PolarBearWalrusTuskCarving.jpg thumb right Engraved walrus tusk depicting polar bears attacking walrus, dating from the 1970 s in Chukotka Magadan Regional Museum . Walrus tusk ivory comes from two modified upper canines. The tusks of a Pacific walrus may attain a length of one meter. Walrus teeth are also commercially carved and traded. The average walrus tooth has a rounded, irregular peg shape and is approximately 5cm in length. The tip of a walrus tusk has an tooth enamel enamel coating which is worn away during the animal s youth. Fine longitudinal cracks, which appear as radial cracks in cross section, originate in the cementum and penetrate the dentine. These cracks can be seen throughout the length of the tusk. Whole cross sections of walrus tusks are generally oval with widely spaced indentations. The dentine is composed of two types primary dentine and secondary dentine often called osteodentine . Primary dentine has a classical ivory appearance. Secondary dentine looks marble or oatmeal like. Walrus ivory carving and engraving has been an important folk art for people of the Arctic since prehistoric times, among them the Inuit , Inupiaq and Yupik peoples Yupik of Greenland and North America and the Chukchi people Chukchi and Koryak of Russia . The Chukchi and Bering Sea Yupik in particular continue to produce ivory. During Soviet Union Soviet times, several walrus carving collectives were established in villages in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Chukotka , notably Uelen . International trade is, however, somewhat restricted by the CITES Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species CITES . The folk art of walrus ivory carving has been popular in European Russia since the Middle Ages, with notable schools of walrus ivory carving in Kholmogory and Tobolsk . The Norse also carved items in ... more details
br Yupik peoples Yupik, Siberian Yupik br Inuit Inupiat, Inuvialuit, Nunavut, Nunavik, Nunatsiavut ... Eskimos or Esquimaux or Inuit Yupik for Alaska Inupiat Yupik peoples are indigenous peoples who have ... , Canada , and Greenland . There are two main groups that are referred to as Eskimo Yupik peoples Yupik and Inuit . A third group, the Aleut people Aleut , is related. The Yupik language dialects ... of Eskimos are the Inuit of northern Alaska, Canada and Greenland, and the Yupik of Central Alaska. The Yupik comprises speakers of four distinct Yupik languages originated from the western Alaska, in South ... Eskimo is commonly used, because it includes both Yupik peoples Yupik and Inupiat people Inupiat , while ... term other than Eskimo, inclusive of all Inuit and Yupik people, exists for the Inuit and Yupik peoples ... Yupik and Inupiat, while Inuit is not accepted as a collective term or even specifically used for Inupiat who technically are Inuit . No universal term other than Eskimo, inclusive of all Inuit and Yupik people, exists for the Inuit and Yupik peoples. ref name kaplan In 1977, the Inuit Circumpolar ... kaplan Because of the linguistic, ethnic, and cultural differences between Yupik and Inuit peoples there is uncertainty as to the acceptance of any term encompassing all Yupik and Inuit people. There has ... population of 150,000 Inuit and Yupik people of Greenland, Canada, Alaska, and Siberia, in its charter defines Inuit for use within the ICC as including the Inupiat, Yupik Alaska , Inuit, Inuvialuit Canada , Kalaallit Greenland and Yupik Russia . ref name ICCcharter Inuit Circumpolar Council. 2006 ... usage, and is the preferred term when speaking collectively of all Inupiat and Yupik people, or of all Inuit and Yupik people throughout the world. ref name kaplan Alaskans also use the term Alaska ... States Indian people of Alaska, and is exclusive of Inuit or Yupik people originating outside the state ... of the Inuit language and Yupik language sub groups. ref name FortecueM Cite journal title Comparative ... more details
Eskimo dog might refer to A dog owned by a person of Eskimo Yupik, Inuit or Aleut ancestry Any Arctic List of dog types Sled dog sled dog type , long haired dogs used for used for pulling sleds Canadian Eskimo Dog , a selectively bred dog breed registered with the Canadian Kennel Club American Eskimo Dog , a breed of companion dog originating in Germany disambig Category Eskimos Category Dog types ko sv Eskimo Dog ... more details
Nuka can mean In Ogoniland, Nigeria Nuka is commonly used as a personal name for males & females. Nuka in Ogoni dialect mean Thing or Person of honor. Younger sibling of the speaker s sex younger brother or younger sister in the Inuit language . Nuka is widely used as a personal name for females and males in Greenland . In Canadian Inuktitut as well as Alaskan I upiaq and Yupik peoples Yupik all branches of the Inuit language , the form Nukaq is used, and is used more as a designation for younger sibling in these dialects. The Japanese word for rice bran A character in Astro Boy 1980s Astro Boy , a female robot on whom Astro has a crush Nuka The Lion King , a character from the 1998 Disney direct to video animated film The Lion King II Simba s Pride Dutch word for nuchter stierkalf NuKa , a young cow. A river A wolf pack Water Spirit A ceramic glaze A Danish kayak model Disambig cs Nuka ... more details
Notability date July 2011 The Kids from Nowhere as they called themselves refers to ten students from the 41 pupil high school in the Siberian Yupik peoples Yupik Eskimo village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea. The school had no computers and almost no books, most of the students had little world knowledge, and all but two spoke English as a second language. And yet, in 1984, they won two Future Problem Solvers of America competitions national team championships in academics , even though they had to compete against teams from programs and schools for the gifted on subjects such as genetic engineering and nuclear waste disposal that the Gambell students had never heard of before. References Cite book last Gurthridge first George title The Kids from Nowhere The Story Behind the Arctic Educational Miracle publisher Alaska Northwest Books year 2006 location Portland, Oregon DEFAULTSORT Kids From Nowhere Category Education in Alaska Category Nome Census Area, Alaska ... more details
taxobox name Sourdock regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Core eudicots ordo Caryophyllales familia Polygonaceae genus Rumex species R. arcticus binomial Rumex arcticus binomial authority Trautv. Rumex arcticus , commonly known as Arctic Dock ref Moerman, Daniel E., Native American Ethnobotany , 1998. Portland, Oregon Timber Press, 495 496. ISBN 0 88192 453 9 ref or Sourdock , is a perennial plant perennial flowering plant that is native to Alaska . Its leaf leaves are an important part of the diet of native Alaskans such as the Yupik peoples Yupik people, who include it in various dishes such as akutaq . References references University of Alaska and USDA Cooperating 1988 Wild Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska. Publication A 00028 Category Rumex arcticus Polygonaceae stub ca Rumex arcticus es Rumex arcticus ... more details
cleanup date June 2008 Mousefood or Anlleq is a native food highly prized by Yupik peoples Yupik Eskimos on the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta . It consists of the roots of various tundra plants which are cached by voles in underground burrows. Types of Mousefood Raindrops are the roots of Eriophorum angustifolium Tall Cottongrass . These roots are less than an inch long and are shaped, as the name suggests, like a drop of water. They are eaten with seal oil or put in bird soup Eskimo Sweet Potatoes are the roots of Hedysarum alpinum . As the name suggests, these roots are somewhat sweet and are used in Akutaq Eskimo Ice Cream Respect for Nature Elders teach that when collecting mouse food, one should always leave half of the cache for the mouse. They also recommend leaving a gift for the mouse something that the mouse can eat. References University of Alaska and USDA Cooperating 1988 Wild Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska. Publication A 00028 Alaska Native Knowledge Network, http ankn.uaf.edu npe CulturalAtlases Yupiaq Marshall edibleplants UGNARATNEQAIT.html Category Inuit cuisine Alaska stub cuisine stub NorthAm native stub ... more details
literacy would make him lose his identity as a Yupik. In the next five years, the Uyaquq s Yugtun script ... the system adopted by most people for writing Yupik peoples Yupik was the Roman based script of Reverend ... Year of death missing Category Yupik people ... more details
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