Yuungnaqpiallerput (Yes, That Is How You Spell It)
Today, Sunday, February 3rd, there is another great event at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art. According to the paper, Yuungnaqpiallerput is Yup'ik for "The Way We Genuinely Live." The museum is hosting the opening reception for this exhibit of 19th and 20th century items. The full title of the exhibit is "Yuungnaqpiallerput: Masterworks of Yup'ik Science and Survival." There will be dancers (the Kicaput Dancers) in the atrium. Among the more than 200 artifacts are tools, weapons, watercraft and clothing. The event starts at 1:00 PM and is free to the public. Regular admission will apply after Sunday's opening, but there will be events worth attending later in the week that are tied into the exhibit. Tuesday through Saturday (February 5th - 9th) there will be daily demonstrations of how to make Yup'ik hunting tools.
