Endnotes: Pacific Walrus

1 Elders—Gambell. Jan. 12, 2010. Group interview for Bering Sea Elders Group.

2 Walter Lewis—Chefornak. Aug. 28, 2009. Interview for Bering Sea Elders Group.

3 Elders, active hunters and fishermen—Yukon-Kuskokwim and Bering Strait regions. 2008-2011. Interviews for Bering Sea Elders Group.

4 Ibid.

5 Ibid.

6 Anders Apassingok, Willis Walunga and Edward Tennant, eds. 1985. Sivuqam Nangaghnegha—Siivanllemta Ungipaqellghat/Lore of St. Lawrence Island—Echoes of Our Eskimo Elders, Volume 1. Bering Strait School District. p. 169.

7 Ann Fienup-Riordan. 2007. Yuungnaqpiallerput—The Way
 We Genuinely Live: Masterworks of Yup’ik Science and Survival. University of Washington Press in association with Anchorage Museum Association and Calista Elders Council. p. 118.

8 Anders Apassingok, Willis Walunga and Edward Tennant, eds. Sivuqam Nangaghnegha—Siivanllemta Ungipaqellghat/Lore of St. Lawrence Island—Echoes of Our Eskimo Elders, Volume 1. Bering Strait School District. p. 171.

9 Ann Fienup-Riordan. 2007. Yuungnaqpiallerput—The Way We Genuinely Live: Masterworks of Yup’ik Science and Survival. University of Washington Press in association with Anchorage Museum Association and Calista Elders Council. pp. 69, 136-140.

10 Joseph David—Mekoryuk. Sep. 23, 2009. Interview for Bering Sea Elders Group.

11 Edward Shavings—Mekoryuk. Sep. 24, 2009. Interview for Bering Sea Elders Group.

12 Kate Wynn. 1993. Guide to Marine Mammals of Alaska. Alaska Sea Grant, University of Alaska Fairbanks.

13 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region. 2008. “Walrus.” http://alaska.fws.gov/fisheries/mmm/walrus/nhistory.htm (Accessed May 12, 2011).

14 Ibid.


15 Francis Fay. 1982. Ecology and Biology of the Pacific Walrus, Odobenus rosmarus divergens Illiger. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, North American Fauna 74. pp. 167-172.

16 Ibid. pp. 134-137.

17 NOAA. 1988. Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort Seas Coastal and Ocean Strategic Assessment Data Atlas. National Ocean Service.

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