The Bow and Arrow War Days on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta of Alaska

Yupiit living along the Bering Sea coast south of the mouth of the Yukon River regularly engaged in violent conflict with more northern riverine Yupiit prior to the 1840s AD arrival of Russian explorers and traders. The conflict is known as the Bow and Arrow War Days, and outside Alaska few people a...

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Published in:Ethnohistory
Main Author: Funk, Caroline
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Duke University Press 2010
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/00141801-2010-036
https://read.dukeupress.edu/ethnohistory/article-pdf/57/4/523/254431/EH574_01Funk_Fpp.pdf
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spelling crdukeunivpr:10.1215/00141801-2010-036 2024-06-02T08:04:21+00:00 The Bow and Arrow War Days on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta of Alaska Funk, Caroline 2010 http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/00141801-2010-036 https://read.dukeupress.edu/ethnohistory/article-pdf/57/4/523/254431/EH574_01Funk_Fpp.pdf en eng Duke University Press Ethnohistory volume 57, issue 4, page 523-569 ISSN 0014-1801 1527-5477 journal-article 2010 crdukeunivpr https://doi.org/10.1215/00141801-2010-036 2024-05-07T13:15:46Z Yupiit living along the Bering Sea coast south of the mouth of the Yukon River regularly engaged in violent conflict with more northern riverine Yupiit prior to the 1840s AD arrival of Russian explorers and traders. The conflict is known as the Bow and Arrow War Days, and outside Alaska few people are aware of it. Local oral histories tell of the war, and archaeological and historical sources provide complementary details. This article documents war events and techniques for war for one specific area: the Triangle in Yup'ik Alaska. Article in Journal/Newspaper Bering Sea Kuskokwim Yukon river Yup'ik Yupiit Alaska Yukon Duke University Press Bering Sea Yukon Ethnohistory 57 4 523 569
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description Yupiit living along the Bering Sea coast south of the mouth of the Yukon River regularly engaged in violent conflict with more northern riverine Yupiit prior to the 1840s AD arrival of Russian explorers and traders. The conflict is known as the Bow and Arrow War Days, and outside Alaska few people are aware of it. Local oral histories tell of the war, and archaeological and historical sources provide complementary details. This article documents war events and techniques for war for one specific area: the Triangle in Yup'ik Alaska.
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