Yupiaq Worldview A Pathway to Ecology and Spirit

Name: Yupiaq Worldview A Pathway to Ecology and Spirit
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ISBN: 9781577663843

ISBN-10: 1577663845

ISBN-13: 9781577663843

Edition: 2nd 2006

Authors: Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley

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"Oscar Kawagley is a man of two worlds, walking the sometimes bewildering line between traditional Yupiaq culture and the Westernized Yupiaq life of today. In this study, Kawagley follows both memories of his Yupiaq grandmother, who raised him with the stories of the Bear Woman and respectful knowledge of the reciprocity of nature, and his own education in science as it is taught in Western schools. Kawagley is a man who hears the elders' voices in Alaska and knows how to look for the weather and to use the land and its creatures with the most delicate care. In a call to unite the two parts of his own and modern Yupiaq history, Kawagley proposes a way of teaching that incorporates all ways…

Book details

List price: $23.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Waveland Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 164
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English




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