Counceller Honored for Ancestors’ Memorial Park
The Alaska Anthropological Association has awarded Dr. April Laktonen Counceller, the Executive Director of the Alutiiq Museum, its Outstanding Current Contribution Award. The award was announced Saturday at the association’s…
February Updates from the Alutiiq Museum
Cama’i! The days are getting longer and spring feels like it’s just around the corner. The museum store has lots of new book titles to get you ready for the…
Rare Quiver to be Displayed at Alutiiq Museum
A red cedar quiver will be added to the Alutiiq Museum’s gallery displays this week. The nineteenth-century piece is a family heirloom, donated to the Alutiiq Museum by the King…
Igaruacirpet: Our Way of Making Designs
Released Tuesday, the Alutiiq Museum’s latest publication is a study of graphic art. Igaruacirpet—Our Way of Making Designs, introduces Alutiiq cultural arts and explores the imagery found in rock art,…
Lowbush Cranberry-Alutiiq Word of the Week-September 3rd
Kenegtaq – Low Bush Cranberry Ing’im ceniini kenegtangq’rtuq. – The mountainside has cranberries. The lowbush cranberry, or lingonberry (Vaccinium vitisidaea), is a creeping plant with thick, oval, shiny, green leaves;…
Learned One-Alutiiq Word of the Week-August 27th
Lisngasqaq – Learned One Gui lisngasqaq Alutiit’stun. – I am learned in the Alutiiq language. The Alutiiq word lisngasqaq is a respectful term, used in reference to someone who is…
Spear-Alutiiq Word of the Week-August 13th
Kepsuun, Panaq – Spear Panamek iqallugnek pit’llianga. – I got some fish with a spear. There are many ways to catch a salmon. Today, a pixie, a wet fly, or…
Cannery Store-Alutiiq Word of the Week-July 9th
KaanaRiim laaf’kaa’a – Cannery Store KaanaRiim laugkaa’a patumataartuq uksumi. – The cannery store is always closed in the winter time. Alutiiq families living in rural communities supplement their catches of…
American-Alutiiq Word of the Week-July 2nd
MiRikaan’saaq – American MiRikaan’saat amlertut Sun’ami. – There are many American people in Kodiak. In the eighteenth century, Russian entrepreneurs spread eastward into Alaska, settling the Pacific coast of North…
