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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807794103321

Autore

Fienup-Riordan Ann

Titolo

Yungcautnguuq nunam qainga tamarmi = : All the land's surface is medicine : edible and medicinal plants of southwest Alaska / / Ann Fienup-Riordan [and three others] ; illustration by Sharon Birzer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Fairbanks, Alaska : , : University of Alaska Press, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

1-60223-423-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 pages)

Collana

Snowy Owl

Disciplina

581.63097984

Soggetti

Traditional ecological knowledge

Ethnobotany

Wild plants, Edible

Lingua di pubblicazione

Yupik languages

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Kalikam ayagnera = Introduction -- Naucetaat nertukngait = Edible plants -- Naucetaat iinruktukngait = Medicinal plants -- Tuqunarqellriit naucetaat = Poisonous plants -- Atsat = Berries -- Uugnaraat neqautait = Mouse foods -- Qanemcit qulirat-llu = Stories and traditional tales -- Makirayaraq = Gathering from the land -- Tuqunarqellriit naucetaat = Poisonous plants -- Naucetaat iinruktukngait = Medicinal plants -- Uugnaraat neqautait = Mouse foods -- Iqvaryaraq = Berry picking.

Sommario/riassunto

"In this book, close to one hundred men and women from all over southwest Alaska share knowledge of their homeland and the plants that grow there. They speak eloquently about time spent gathering and storing plants and plant material during snow-free months, including gathering greens during spring, picking berries each summer, harvesting tubers from the caches of tundra voles, and gathering a variety of medicinal plants. The book is intended as a guide to the identification and use of edible and medicinal plants in southwest Alaska, but also as an enduring record of what Yup'ik men and women know and value about plants and the roles plants continue to play in Yup'ik lives"--