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Peer reviewedFienup-Riordan, Ann – American Indian Quarterly, 1994
Analyzes two Yup'ik tales depicting the cyclic relationships between humans and animals and between the living and the dead. Emphasizes the importance in the Yup'ik world view of boundaries and passages. Suggests that human actions, rules, and ceremonies create boundaries or may close or open paths between people, as well as between human/animal…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Cultural Images, Eskimos, Interpersonal Relationship
