Hunting Tradition in a Changing World: Yup'ik Lives in Alaska Today

by Ann Fienup-Riordan, John Active, William Tyson, et al.

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The Yupiit in southwestern Alaska are members of the larger family of Inuit cultures. Including more than 20,000 individuals in seventy villages, the Yupiit continue to engage in traditional hunting activities, carefully following the seasonal shifts in the environment they know so well. During the twentieth century, especially after the construction of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline, the Yup'ik people witnessed and experienced explosive cultural changes...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0813528054

ISBN13:9780813528052

Release Date:June 2000

Publisher:Rutgers University Press

Length:334 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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Cultural Native American Studies Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics

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