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Harvard University Transfers Historic Kayak to Alutiiq Museum

By Amanda Lancaster | Alutiiq Museum on Jan 25, 2023   Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News, Featured, General News  

Harvard University Transfers Historic Kayak to Alutiiq Museum

The Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College have transferred ownership of an Alutiiq/Sugpiaq kayak to the Alutiiq Museum, a tribal repository and cultural center in Kodiak, Alaska. Made in the mid-19th century, the 14-and-a-half foot, skin-covered boat is a rare example of a complete ancestral kayak. This vessel has been at the center of a […]

Alutiiq Museum to Create Online Database of Ancestral Collections

By Amanda Lancaster | Alutiiq Museum on Jan 15, 2021   Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News, Featured  

Alutiiq Museum to Create Online Database of Ancestral Collections

With a $32,578 grant from the US Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak and the Alutiiq Museum are collaborating on a tool that will help people locate, view, and study Alutiiq objects in the world’s museums. The Amutat project, which started this month, will begin developing a database of ancestral Alutiiq objects […]

Museum Leads Effort to Preserve Alutiiq Family Photos

By Amanda Lancaster | Alutiiq Museum on Feb 26, 2020   Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News, Featured  

Museum Leads Effort to Preserve Alutiiq Family Photos

  To assist Alutiiq families with the preservation of their paper photographs the Alutiiq Museum is leading a Community Photo Archive project. In the coming months, museum staff members will work with tribal councils and community members to identify Alutiiq family photos, scan the images, and create digital copies to their owners. Staff members will […]

Works by Five Artists Added to Alutiiq Museum Collection

By Amanda Lancaster | Alutiiq Museum on Nov 27, 2019   Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News  

Works by Five Artists Added to Alutiiq Museum Collection

With a $12,925 grant from Museums Alaska, the Alutiiq Museum will purchase five works of art for its permanent collection. The pieces are the creations of five different artists with links to Alutiiq culture or to Kodiak. From Kodiak Alutiiq artist Mary Jane Longrich, the museum will purchase Nootka Rose, a contemporary doll made of […]

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