sentences:  The stories that previous generations of Yup'ik heard in the qasgi and assimilated as part of a life spent hunting, travelling, dancing, socializing, preparing food, repairing tools, and surviving from one season to the next.Yup'ik oral stories ("qulirat" and "qanemcit") of the storytellers ("qulirarta") were embedded in many social functions of the society.Storyknifing ("yaaruilta" literally "let's go story knife!")