Wangkuta tukuutekaqaput gguq caranglluut. Wangkuta maa-i teguyaraput Yup'igni. Tukuutekluki.

They say these grasses are our riches. We Yup'ik people constantly used them for something. They are our wealth.

--Theresa Moses, Toksook Bay

Can'get - Grasses had different uses.

Taperrnat - Coarse seashore grass, harvested after fall freeze-up and in the spring, was twined into mats and baskets.

Kelugkaat - Coarse grass was picked in late summer and made into tomcod storage bags and grass socks.

Iitaat - Tall cottongrass, gathered in abundance from the edges of tundra ponds, was ideal for lining boots and mittens.