Qanemcit Amllertut/Many Stories to Tell: Tales of Humans and Animals from Southwest Alaska [Paperback]

This bilingual collection shares new translations of old stories recorded over the last four decades though interviews with Yup’ik elders from throughout southwest Alaska. Some are truequlirat(traditional tales), while others are recent. Some are well known, like the adventures of the wily Raven, while others are rarely told. All are part of a great narrative tradition, shared and treasured by Yup’ik people into the present day.
This is the first region-wide collection of traditional Yup’ik tales and stories from Southwest Alaska. The elders and translators who contributed to this collection embrace the great irony of oral traditions: that the best way to keep these stories is to give them away. By retelling these stories, they hope to create a future in which the Yup’ik view of the world will be both recognized and valued.

Ann Fienup-Riordanhas written and edited more than twenty books on Yup’ik history and oral traditions.Alice Reardenis a fluent Yup’ik speaker and the primary translator and oral historian for Calista Education and Culture, Inc. Their most recent collaboration from the University of Alaska Press isAnguyiim Nalliini/Time of Warring.

 Kalikam Imai
 
The Book’s Contents
 
Illustrations / Tarenrat Nunanguat-llu
 
Acknowledgements / Quyavikelput
 
Those Who Told Stories / Qanemcillret
 
Introduction / Kalikam Ayagnara
 
Yup’ik Transcription and Translation / Yugtun Igautellrit Kass’atun-llu
 
Translation / Mumigtellrit
 
FIRST ANCESTORS / CIULIAQATUUT
 
There Are Many Stories / Qanemcit Amllertut
 
Short Raven Legends / Tulukaruum Qulingssaari
 
Raven Legends / Tulukaruum Qulirai
 
Raven and Squirrel / Tulukaruk Qanganaarrluar-llu
 
Raven and Two