Before it was written, this book was spoken. For ten winter days in 1977, the orator Paul John—widely respected as a dean of Yup’ik elders, and recognized for his tireless advocacy of Yup’ik language
Anatole Bogeyaktuk and Charlie Steve were members of the last generation of Yup’ik men to be raised in the qasgi (communal men’s house) and witness first-hand the dances and gift-giving that were so m
