Alutiiq Museum Fall Lecture Series-Robert Kopperl
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Alutiiq Word of the Week, August 11, 2013
Word of the Week Lesson 16:7 Iqa’iat – Laundry (plural) Nukallpiat iqa’ineq pingaktaan’tat. – Men don’t like to do laundry. (Click sentence to hear Alutiiq words spoken) The Alutiiq word for laundry comes from the word for dirt,iqaq, and literally means “dirties.” Anyone with a family knows that laundry is a never-ending chore, but in […]
Alutiiq Word of the Week, August 4, 2013
Word of the Week Lesson 16:6 Nunaquluni; Alagnarsurluni – Berry Picking Kiagmi nunaqutaartukut alagnanek. – In the summer we go berry picking for salmonberries. (Click sentence to hear Alutiiq word spoken) Collecting from the land remains a popular activity in Alutiiq communities. Spring greens, berries, shellfish, medicinal herbs, and driftwood are among the resources that […]
Alutiiq Word of the Week, July 28, 2013
Word of the Week Lesson 16:5 Patreitaq (n); Patriitaq (S) – Photograph Patriitairnga. – Take a picture of me. {mp3}archive/photo{/mp3} The world’s first photographs were taken in the 1830s, when French scientist Louis Daguerre captured images on copperplates treated with silver and mercury. Twenty years later, in the1850s, photography became popular in the United States […]