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    Ataam Taikina: traditional knowledge and conservation ethics in the Yukon River Delta, Alaska

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    Cook, Chad M.
    Chair
    Plattet, Patrick
    Committee
    Charles, Walkie
    Koskey, Michael
    Schneider, William
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    Abstract
    This research was conducted in collaboration with rural Yup'ik residents of the Yukon River delta region of Alaska. The thesis explores traditional knowledge and conservation ethics among rural Yup'ik residents who continue to maintain active subsistence lifestyles. From the end of July through August of 2012, ethnographic field research was conducted primarily through participant observation and semi-structured interviews, documenting Yup'ik subsistence hunting and fishing practices. Research participants invited me beluga whale hunting, seal hunting, moose hunting, commercial and subsistence fishing, gathering berries, and a variety of other activities that highlights local Yup'ik environmental knowledge, practices, and ethics. Through firsthand examples of these experiences, this thesis attempts to explore what conservation means through a Yup'ik cultural lens. Documenting Yup'ik traditional knowledge offers an opportunity to shine a light on the stewardship of local people's relationship with their traditional lands. The importance of maintaining direct relationships with the natural world, eating Native foods, and passing on hunting and gathering skills to future generations help develop the narrative of my analysis. In many ways, the cultural heritage of the Yup'ik people are embodied in such practices, providing a direct link between nature and culture.
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    Thesis (M.A.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2013
    Table of Contents
    Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1. Introducing key research participants -- 1.2. Outline of the thesis -- Chapter 2: Theoretical background -- 2.1. Cultural ecology -- 2.2. Human ecology -- 2.3. Western and Euro-American nature vs. culture -- 2.4. Local knowledge, traditional knowledge, and indigenous knowledge -- 2.4.1. Local knowledge -- 2.4.2. Traditional knowledge -- 2.4.3. Indigenous knowledge -- 2.5. Yup'ik worldview -- Chapter 3: Research methodology -- 3.1. Ethnographic approach -- 3.2. Why Kotlik? -- 3.3. On language -- Chapter 4: An overview of the Yukon River Delta -- 4.1. Yukon River Delta overview -- 4.2. Kotlik (Qerrullik) overview -- 4.3. The Yup'ik people of Western Alaska -- Chapter 5: Documenting Yup'ik subsistence practices -- 5.1.1. Beluga whale hunting ethnographic description -- 5.1.2. Beluga whale hunting overview -- 5.1.3. Beluga whale hunting summary -- 5.2. Seal hunting ethnographic description -- 5.2.2. An overview and description of seal hunting practices -- 5.2.2.1. Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus nauticus) or maklak -- 5.2.2.2. Ringed seal (Phoca hispida) or nayig -- 5.2.2.3. Seal hunting methods and hunting equipment -- 5.2.3. Seal hunting summary -- 5.3.1. Gathering wild berries ethnographic description -- 5.3.2. Gathering wild berries overview -- 5.3.3. Gathering wild berries summary -- 5.4.1. Yup'ik traditional medicine overview -- 5.4.2. Wormwood (Artemisia sp.) or caiggluk -- 5.4.3. Labrador tea (Ledum decumbens) or Ayug -- 5.4.4. Willow (Salix spp.) or uqviaq -- 5.4.5. Yup'ik traditional medicine summary -- 5.5.1. Yukon fishing ethnographic description -- 5.5.2. Yukon fishing overview -- 5.5.3. Yukon fishing summary -- 5.6.1. Moose ethnographic description -- 5.6.2. Moose hunting overview -- 5.6.3. Moose hunting summary -- 5.7.1. The influence of rising beaver populations -- 5.8.1. Ethnographic description of steam bathing in Kotlik -- 5.8.2. Steam bathing overview -- 5.8.3. Steam bathing and Yup'ik ecological knowledge -- 5.8.4. Steam bathing summary -- Chapter 6: Discussion and conclusion -- 6.1. Discussion -- 6.1.1. Maintaining social connections -- 6.1.2. Training the youth -- 6.1.3. Subsistence hunting practices as reinforcing Yup'ik identity -- 6.1.4. Eating Native foods -- 6.2. Conclusion -- Table -- References -- Appendix.
    Date
    2013-12
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