Faith, Food, and Family in a Yupik Whaling Community

Index

Index 351 aagra. See house Ackerman, Robert, 6, 57 adoption, 169, 171 aghveghaqetaq. See house aghveq. See bowhead whale aghyughsighaq. See food Agigseghaq (shaman), 61–62, 253, 272 akuutaq. See food Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission, 303 Alaska Federation of Natives, 205 alignalghiit. See shamans Allen, Paula Gunn, 94 Alowa, Nelson, 76; on first encounters with non-Natives, 61–63 amulets, 87, 154 Anenga (Oningou), 246, 247; Christian conversion of, 248, 255, 259 Angaaya’s (G&E Enterprises), 25 Angi, Gail (consultant), 8, 76; on inter-island conflict, 69–71 angyapiget. See boats angyet. See boats Aningayou, James, 58, 84, 329; on childbirth, 159; on Christian conversion, 248, 254, 255, 257–58, 268, 269; on the deceased and their treatment, 188–91, 221; on 1878 depopulation tragedy, 97–99; on elders and their treatment, 267; on hunting and hunting rules, 150–51; mangteghapik (traditional house) description, 98; on spirit beings, 207–8; on Yugniilqwaaq’s Christian conversion, 257–59, 268 Aningayou, John, 44 Aningayou, Larry (consultant), 261 Aningayou, Steven Kastevik (consultant), 8, 58; on Christian conversion of his father, 259; on Christian conversion of Iyakitan, 260–61; on prayer, 239–40 Anungazuk, Edna Apatiki, x Apa (Apaghllak). See God Apangalook, Dawn, 8 Apangalook, John, 254, 255, 257, 262–65, 268, 269 Apangalook, Leonard (consultant), 286, 303–4 Apangalook, Lily, 8 Index 352 Apangalook, Paul, 57 apapaaq. See naming Apassingok, Anders ( historian and consultant), 8, 28, 275; on 1878 depopulation tragedy, 95; tribute to Nathan Nakanek, 199. See also Iyaaka Apassingok, Delma, 8 Apassingok, Herbert, 21, 314 Apassingok, Luceen (consultant), 8 Apatiki, Deborah (consultant), x, 8, 20, 61, 183 Apatiki, Jennifer, 8 Apatiki, Lucy (consultant), x, 8 Apatiki, Ralph (consultant), 8, 234, 295; on whaling ceremonies, 296–97 Apatiki, Tanya, 8 Apatiki, Trudy, 8 Apovwok (East Cape), 102 Apovwokmeet. See clans archaeology, 50–51, 57–59, 75, 310; excavations on Punuk Islands, 331–33; gravesites and, 50, 56–57; sites, 51, 59, 70, 329; subsistence digging and, 50 Arctic fox, 207 Arutiunov, Sergei, 58 Aymaramka. See clans Badten, Linda Womkon (consultant and advisor), 8, 130 baleen, 59, 73 Bandi, Hans-George, 51, 57, 220 Bannan, Ann (missionary), 88, 89, 162, 254, 267; on Christian conversion of Iyakitan, 261–62; on prayer, 234 Bateson, Mary Catherine, 3 beads, 154–55 bearded seal (maklak or mukluk), 136, 329, 332 Beechey, Sir Frederick, 63, 64, 66–67 Belinda (pseud.), 177–82, 233 Bering, Vitus, 63 Bessie Kaningok Clinic, 21 Bible. See Christianity Blassi, Lincoln Pelassi, 275, 290; and sacred hunting bag, 302–3; on whaling rites, 215–17; on Yupik calendar, 275 boats, 59; captains, 44, 176, 183; runabouts (Lund or angyet), 23; traditional hunting (angyapiget), 23, 43, 294 Bogoras, Waldemar, 52–54, 58 Boolowon, Rhoda, 21 Booshu, Alayne (consultant), 8 Booshu, Reena, 8 Brady, Reverend Agnes (consultant), 199, 224–25, 226 Braund, Stephen, 314 Brian (pseud.), 305 Burch, Ernest (“Tiger”), 286 Burridge, Kenelm: on metanoia, 233, 252; on religious change, 271–73 Campbell, Reverend Edgar (teacher), 31–32, 73, 75; on Christian conversion, 252, 267; on Christian conversion of Anenga, 259–60; on Christian conversion of Yugniilqwaaq, 246–48; on depopulation tragedy of 1878, 86; on giving surnames, 112–13; and introduction of Euro-American ceremonies, 85; on reindeer experiment, 83–84; on religion , 86–87; and reshaping Gambell, 84–85; on shamans, 84; and trade as tool of Christian conversion, 82, 85 Campbell, Louise Kellogg (missionary), 31–32, 82, 85; on educating Yupik women, 84 Campbell, Susan (consultant), 8 celebrations: birthday, 118; family, 100 cemetery, 116–17. See also Sivuqaq Mountain ceremonies: clan ownership of, 213; concerned with death, 117, 186–91; to honor ancestors, 213; to insure infant survival, 110; to placate disease spirits, 213. See also healing; hunting; trade; whaling Chambers, Moreau B., 57 Chaplino, Russia, 71, 74; location of, 16; reindeer skin trade, 188. See also Indian Point, Russia childbirth: and birth narratives, 161–62, 166–67; changes in, practices, 155, 168; and hospitals, 167, 168; and hunting, 152, 167–68; prayer and, 160, 163, 169; rites to insure conception, 151; role of midwives in, 159, 166–67; traditional practices, 152, 159, 160–61; treatment of placenta, 152, 153 children: adoption of, 169, 171; education of, 15; importance of male, 163; insuring survival of, 110–11, 154–55, 169; and listening to elders, 13; nonYupik parental rights, 171–72; Yupik traditional parental rights, 169, 171 Choris, Louis, 64 Christianity, 48, 75; baptism, 114; Bible, 55, 87, 130, 182; Christian conversion...