num_pages: 114
description: Uum kalikam igartii, Anna W. Jacobson-aaq, yuurtellruuq Iqsallermi ilami nunallratni ingrini. Nasaurluullermini kiimeng yuuyukluteng. Umyuarteq'lallruuq, yuilqum qukaani uitalallruameng. Una kalikaq igartem yuullran qalamcitkenritaa, taugaam yuungnaqsaraita piyaraicetun pingqertuq.Atra "Elnguq" nasaurluum qalamcim yua imumek napamek yugcetun piuguq. Cali-llu mumigciiqluni ayimtengnaq'ngermi petengtuluni ayuqucillmitun. Cali-llu allamek uitalriamek.Elnguq is the first novel written in the Yup'ik Eskimo language of Southwestern Alaska. Its author, Anna W. Jacobson, was born and spent her early years in Iqsalleq, a small, remote and now-abandoned settlement in the Kwethluk Mountains on a tributary of the Kuskokwim River. As a girl, the author imagined that the inhabitants of Iqsalleq - surrounded as they were by seemingly endless wilderness - were the only people in the world. This book, though not autobiographical, draws on those early memories, reflecting a traditional Native Alaskan way of life."Elnguq," the name of the young girl who is the main character of the story, is the Yup'ik word for "birch tree," and it also means "strength through flexibility."Coincidentally, "Elnguq" has another "that which is."
language: Yupik languages
title: Elnguq
titlecomplete: Elnguq
characters: Elnguq
ratings_count: 1
places: The United States of America
publisher: Alaska Native Language Center