Ann Fienup-Riordan is the author of numerous books on the Native peoples of Alaska, including The Living Tradition of Yup'ik Masks and Freeze Frame: Alaska Eskimos in the Movies, and has collaborated with Marie Meade on Ciuliamta Akluit / Things of Our Ancestors and Agayuliyararput / Our Way of Making Prayer.

Foreword by Peter Bolz

Preface: Unlikely Partnerships

Acknowledgments

The Gift: Johan Adrian Jacobsen Brings Treasures from Alaska

The Gift-Givers: Turn-of-the-Century Yupiit and Their Descendants

The Return Gift: The Yup'ik Delegation

First Day: Tools for Ocean Hunting

Second Day: Bows and Arrows for Hunting and War

Third Day: More Tools for Hunting and Fishing

Fourth Day: Wooden and Clay Containers

Fifth Day: Containers of Skin, Gut, and Grass

Sixth Day: Tools for Working on Objects and Materials

Seventh Day: Tools of Daily Life

Eighth Day: Personal Adornment and Human Figures

Ninth Day: Women's Sewing Tools and Belts and Men's Hats

Tenth Day: Ceremonial Regalia

Eleventh Day: Dancing with Masks

Twelfth Day: Toys and Clothing

Thirteenth Day: Heavenly and Ceremonial Cycles

Fourteenth Day and Return to Alaska

Visual Repatriation

Appendix: Additional Masks

Notes

Glossary

References

Index