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“Appendix: Northern Animal Illustrations” in “Memory And Landscape”

Appendix: Northern Animal Illustrations

The animals illustrated below by artist Emily Kearney-Williams were selected primarily on the basis of their connections to the topic or geography of individual chapters, although several were chosen in recognition of their somewhat iconic status as animals of the Arctic. In all cases, however, the animals illustrated are broadly distributed across the Arctic and have cultural importance to the region’s Indigenous peoples.

Each of the animals illustrated is identified not only by its common name and scientific name but also by its name in one or more Indigenous languages. Scientific names are taken from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species (https://www.iucnredlist.org/), version 2017-3.

Narwhal

Monodon monoceros

Northwest Greenlandic: Qilaluqaq qernertaq

Gray Wolf or Black Wolf

Canis lupus

Gwich’in: Zhóh

Central Alaskan Yup’ik: Kegluneq

Raven

Corvus corax

Central Alaskan Yup’ik: Tulukaruk

Iñupiaq: Tulugaq

Tanacross: Taatsą́ą’

Walrus

Odobenus rosmarus

Nunivak Cup’ig: Kauxpax

Central Alaskan Yup’ik: Azveq

Central Siberian Yupik: Ayveq

Iñupiaq: Aiviq

Muskox

Ovibos moschatus

Siglitun: Umingmak

Uummarmiutun: Umiŋmak

Red Salmon or Sockeye Salmon

Oncorhynchus nerka

Ahtna: Łuk’ae

Wolverine

Gulo gulo

Iñupiaq: Qavvik

Koyukon: Nełtseel

Brown Bear or Grizzly Bear

Ursus arctos

Gwich’in: Shih

Snowy Owl

Bubo scandiacus

Inuktitut: Ukppik

Bowhead Whale

Balaena mysticetus

Central Siberian Yup’ik: Arveq

Caribou

Rangifer tarandus

Inuinnaqtun: Tuktu

Inuktitut: Tuttuk

Lynx

Lynx canadensis

Lower Tanana: Niduuy

Iñupiaq: Niutuiyiq

Polar Bear

Ursus maritimus

Inuktitut: Na’nuq

Harbor Seal

Phoca vitulina

Tlingit: Tsaa

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

Central Alaskan Yup’ik: Kaviaq

Golden Eagle

Aquila chrysaetos

Iñupiaq: Tiŋmiaqpak

Upper Kuskokwim: Yode

American Beaver

Castor canadensis

Central Alaskan Yup’ik: Paluqtaq

Black Bear

Ursus americanus

Inupiatun: Iyyaġri

Broad Whitefish

Coregonus nasus

Central Alaskan Yup’ik: Akakiik, Qaurtuq

Arctic Ground Squirrel

Urocitellus parryii

Central Alaskan Yup’ik: Cikik

Iñupiaq: Siksrik

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