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Nuratar (Andrew Noatak):

Mell'arpag univkangssi
ak'allaqapiar kuaten niitetaaraqa

Kuaten ggur Mell'arpag
cetamaneg siimarneg
yugguarluni, Cetamiriluni
piyalria, Pikani ggur siimat
illit qussigiqerluni
agtucuaqaucalria illitnun
qec'ngaqalliniut;
Qikertanun illit tull'uni,
Ciguralegmiunun, illit llu
Talungmiut qullitnun,
cetamit llu Aqitumiut
qikertatnun.

I heard a very old legend of
Mell'arpag (giant), and it is told
like this;

Mell'arpag had four stone-balls.
When he was juggling these four stone-balls,
one rose very high up into the air.
This very high stone-ball collided with
another which caused other stone-balls
to disperse to different locations around
Nunivak Island; One landed on a small isle
at southern Nunivak Island, another landed
to Ciguralegmiut at Cape Mendenhall,
another to Talungmiut at the west coast and
the fourth landed to a small isle at Aqitumiut.

Andrew Noatak, 1986. Tape Number 86NUN003, Bureau of Indian Affairs ANCSA Program Office, Anchorage Alaska. Tape copy and transcript on file at NPT.