This book draws on little-known oral histories from the Yup’ik people of southwest Alaska to detail a period of bow-and-arrow warfare that took place in the region between 1300 and 1800. The result of more than thirty years of research, discussion, and field recordings involving more than one hundred Yup’ik men and women, Anguyiim Nalliini tells a story not just of war and violence, but also of its cultural context—the origins of place names, the growth of indigenous architectural practices, the personalities of prominent war- riors and leaders, and the eventual establishment of peaceful coexistence. The book is presented in bilingual format, with facing-page translations, and it will be hailed as a landmark work in the study of Alaska Native history and anthropology.
Anguyiim Nalliini
Time of Warring
The History of Bow-and-Arrow Warfare in Southwest Alaska
by Ann Fienup-Riordan, transcribed by Alice Rearden
Ann Fienup-Riordan has lived and worked in Alaska since 1973. She has written and edited more than twenty books on Yup’ik history and oral traditions. Her most recent book with the University of Alaska Press is Yungcautnguuq Nunam Qainga Tamarmi/All the Land's Surface is Medicine: Edible and Medicinal Plants of Southwest Alaska.
Alice Rearden is a fluent Yup'ik speaker and teaches Yup'ik at Bethel Regional High School. She was primary translator and oral historian at the Calista Elders Council, and has coedited and translated for numerous books on Yup’ik history and oral traditions, including Yungcautnguuq Nunam Qainga Tamarmi/All the Land's Surface is Medicine: Edible and Medicinal Plants of Southwest Alaska.
Details
- Paperback Price: $44.00
- Paperback ISBN: 978-1-60223-291-4
- Ebook Price: $31.95
- EISBN: 978-1-60223-292-1
- Publication Month: May
- Publication Year: 2016
- Pages: 320
- Illustrations: 16: 8 maps
- Discount Type: Short
- Author: by Ann Fienup-Riordan, transcribed by Alice Rearden
- ECommerce Code: 9781602232914
- Member Institution Access: Member Institution Access