Yupik peoples
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Oct 22, 2026
DerekHOST
Is that right? That
Jared Michael FryeGUEST
would be the Yupik word.
DerekHOST
Again, we're
Jared Michael FryeGUEST
kind of just tapping into the Alaskan culture there and kind of borrowing from that.
Jared Michael FryeGUEST
And, and funny enough, the journey I think is the one or, uh, uh, which one is it? Um, just that, um, you know,
DerekHOST
It's got the Ella melody
Jared Michael FryeGUEST
with his pronounced Kla in Yupik.
Jared Michael FryeGUEST
And it's just something about that voice over the scenery.
Conrad FranzHOST
Mainly found in Inuit people, the northernmost phenotype in the world, including the North Greenlandic Inuit group.
Conrad FranzHOST
The result of a relatively late migration to America shows the most extreme adaptions to Arctic climate in the world, sometimes in Yupik, Kuchin, Ingalik, Chipoyan, Newfoundlanders, and others.
Conrad FranzHOST
Fascinating.
Conrad FranzHOST
Oh, let's stay on this roll.
William HanksGUEST
Okay.
William HanksGUEST
And there are languages like that being one of them is, I think, or Yupik, some of the, uh, circumpolar languages where they build into the here, there- Mm-hmm ... whether it's up or down- Mm-hmm ... or, or like lateral.
William HanksGUEST
Okay.
William HanksGUEST
And they...
Sean SpruceHOST
Also joining us today is Warren Jones, a philosopher, a writer, and a Native rights advocate.
Sean SpruceHOST
He is Gwich'in, Yupik, and Inupiaq.
Sean SpruceHOST
Warren, good morning to you also.
Sean SpruceHOST
Feel free to further introduce yourself.
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Warren JonesGUEST
But the physical world is just one part of a larger spiritual universe.
Warren JonesGUEST
So, you know, I guess a lot of like the part that I would reject there would be that that physical things are what define what's real.
Sean SpruceHOST
Now, you've also written about the uniqueness of Yupik governance.
Sean SpruceHOST
Talk more about those teachings as well.
KristenHOST
Lauren Maxwell checked in to see how they are doing.
Lauren MaxwellCORRESPONDENT
The memories are still strong for some of the students in this Yupik immersion class at College Gate Elementary.
Lauren MaxwellCORRESPONDENT
Far from home, their families were forced to settle in Anchorage after the devastating storm.
speaker_10SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
When I first came here, I was emotional.
ErinHOST
Lauren Maxwell visited College Gate Elementary to see how they are doing.
Lauren MaxwellCORRESPONDENT
The memories are still strong for some of the students in this Yupik immersion class at College Gate Elementary.
Lauren MaxwellCORRESPONDENT
Far from home, their families were forced to settle in Anchorage after the devastating storm.
speaker_10SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
When I first came here, I was emotional.
RosikaHOST
God, I don't want to say it wrong.
RosikaHOST
There are a large number of different types of tribes in Alaska, like Athabaskan and Inuit and Yupik.
RosikaHOST
I can't remember which one it comes from, but it's a native word for a
KristenHOST
really big storm over there.
Diane McEachernHOST
So after our discussions, I type up what she says, and then she got to read what she wanted to.
Diane McEachernHOST
And I kind of felt like what she said was kind of culturally poetic for the day, you know, because it wasn't quite as technical, but she spoke from her heart as a Yupik person.
Diane McEachernHOST
And I thought that was nice to hear from her.
C.J. McCormickAUDIENCE
Yeah, I was glad she went first.
Jodi PicoultGUEST
And I mean, like in the name of research, sometimes that gets really, really challenging.
Jodi PicoultGUEST
I have probably one of the hardest things I ever had to do was find a Yupik Eskimo who was willing to invite me to his house.
David PerellHOST
What
Jodi PicoultGUEST
does
Jodi PicoultGUEST
You go with cargo dogs like in the cargo.
Jodi PicoultGUEST
They're all tied to little loops and you're just sitting there in a seat with all these puppies.
Jodi PicoultGUEST
And then you land and the Yupik Eskimo village was another 60 miles upstream.
Jodi PicoultGUEST
And in the winter when the river freezes, it gets a highway number.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
Those sit in the Eskaleut family, sometimes called Inuit.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
Yupik Unangan.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
And the surprise for most people is that Inuktitut and West Greenlandic are close enough that they're often described as prestige dialects of the same thing.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
A person from Iqaluit and a person from Nuuk can, with some effort, understand each other.
CornHOST
So the same word is a slur in one part of the Arctic and a self-description in another.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
Because the Arctic isn't one place.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
And there's a linguistic reason underneath it, which is that the Alaska Native Language Center pointed out that Inuit was never a natural fit for Yupik speakers.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
So Inuit as a universal replacement doesn't actually cover everybody the way people assume.
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