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What’s a Storyknife?

Before you ask: A storyknife is the English translation for the Yupik word yaaruin.  Traditionally, young Yupik girls would use yaaruin, made from wood or bone or antler or ivory, to carve stories in snow and in river banks to amuse their younger siblings. The stories were usually teaching stories, which featured children who disobeyedContinue reading “What’s a Storyknife?”

Posted bynjhaveyJanuary 21, 2013April 11, 2013Posted inUncategorized
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