Ellam Yua In Yup'ik Culture

In my Yup’ik culture in Alaska, we called our creator Ellam Yua — the Person of the Universe. Our original elders, who lived in the natural way before outside influences arrived, often reminded us before they passed that the teachings of the Bible carried the same essence as the wisdom handed down by our ancestors. They did not realize it was Christ all along. In the end, all true wisdom flows…