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 Nalliinitells 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 warriors 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.
Ann Fienup-Riordanis an anthropologist who has lived and worked in Alaska for more than forty years. She has written and edited more than twenty books on Yup’ik history and oral traditions.Alice Aluskak Reardenis an Alaska-based translator and oral historian.
Instructions
Acknowledgments
Those Who Told Stories
THE HISTORY OF BOW-AND-ARROW WARFARE
About This Book
Warfare and Interpersonal Violence in Southwest Alaska
Ones Trained to Be Warriors
Alliance and Conflict in Southwest Alaska
Men Who Survived All Wars
Yup’ik Warfare in the Context of Lethal Violence
Conclusions
Yup’ik Tanscription and Translation
STORIES OF BOW-AND-ARROW WARFARE
The Beginning of Warfare
Two Playing Darts
Two Playing Kalackiiq
Place Where People Stabbed One Another
Yup’ik People Going to War Against One Another
Yukon and Coastal Conflicts
Qissunamiut Retaliate Against Kuigpagmiut
The Emissary
Taperrnat
The Last Battle at Hooper Bay
Last Battle at
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