Yuungnaqpiallerput - The Way We Genuinely Live
date:Thursday, July 24, 2008 time:9:00 AM to 6:00 PM venue:Anchorage Museum address:121 West 7th Avenue Anchorage, AK 99501 View map from:Anchorage Museum
Yuungnaqpiallerput (The Way We Genuinely Live) Masterworks of Yup'ik Science and Survival
The Way We Genuinely Live is a joint project of the Anchorage Museum and the Calista Elders Council, developed with the guidance of Yup'ik elders and educators and with major support from the National Science Foundation.
This exhibition presents more than 200 remarkable 19th and early 20th century tools, containers, weapons, watercraft and clothing in an exploration of the scientific principles and processes that allowed these people to survive in the sub-arctic tundra of the Bering Sea coast.
Sponsors of this exhibition include the National Science Foundation, Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Northern Air Cargo, Alaska Airlines, BP, ConocoPhillips Alaska, Calista Corporation and the Anchorage Museum Association.
