Yup'ik Environmental Knowledge Project, Version 1

Over the last ten years the Calista Elders Council (CEC) staff has worked with elders from Bering Sea coastal communities to document Yup'ik place names. Elders have been eager to teach young people their rich history and named places of their homeland, including camp and settlement sites, rivers, sloughs, rocks, ponds, even sandbars and underwater channels. More than 3,000 names have been identified. Also included are Yup'ik views on the importance of place names, the land, values, and language.

在过去十年间，卡利斯塔长老会（CEC）的工作人员与白令海沿岸社区的年长者们合作，记录尤皮克人的地名。年长者们热切地希望向年轻人传授他们丰富的历史和故乡的地名，包括营地和定居点、河流、沼泽、岩石、池塘，甚至沙坝和海底通道。已识别出超过3000个地名。此外，还包括尤皮克人对地名、土地、价值观和语言重要性的看法。