Devil’s Club-Alutiiq Museum-August 18th
CUKILANARPAK – DEVIL’S CLUB CUKILANARPAT TAK’UT. – THE DEVIL’S CLUB ARE TALL. Hikers in Alaska’s coastal forests are familiar with devil’s club, known by its appropriate Latin name Echinopanax horridum. This…
Crystals-Alutiiq Word of the Week-August 11th
CUKIILAT – CRYSTALS IKUK’GKA CUKIILAQ. – I FOUND A CRYSTAL. Quartz is one of the most common materials on earth. Made of silicon dioxide (SiO2), this hard mineral occurs…
FNBA Makes Gift to Alutiiq Museum
The First National Bank of Alaska has made a $5,000 donation to the Alutiiq Museum to support cultural programming. The gift arrived at the museum on August 8th, presented…
Fireweed-Alutiiq Word of the Week-August 4th
CILLQAQ – FIREWEED CILLQAT ANTAARTUT UKSUARMI. – THE FIREWEED COMES OUT IN THE FALL. Late summer in the Kodiak Archipelago is brightly heralded by thousands of fireweed blossoms. This widely…
Lily Roots-Alutiiq Word of the Week-July 28th
Laagat – Lily Roots Laagat qatertaartut. – Lily roots are white. The chocolate lily (Fritillaria camschatcensis) is a delicate flowering plant with lance-shaped leaves and clusters of dark purple…
Tugidak Island-Alutiiq Word of the Week-July 21st
TUIY’UQ – TUGIDAK ISLAND TUIY’UQ NALLQIGTUQ. – TUGIDAK ISLAND IS FLAT. Tudigak Island lies at the southern end of the Kodiak region in the Trinity Island group. This, low…
Net-Alutiiq Word of the Week-July 14th
KUGYAQ – NET KUGYASIQ ATURTAAQA. – I USE THE NET. Alutiiq people captured salmon with a variety of traditional tools. Streams were dammed with logs or stone weirs and the fish…
Sisut-Alutiiq Word of the Week-July 7th
Word in Alutiiq: Sisut In a sentence: Sisut piturnirtaartut kallagkwarluki. – Fish Eggs always taste good after you boil them. Fish eggs are an Alutiiq delicacy. Each spring people collected…
Cow Parsnip-Alutiiq Word of the Week-June 30th
UGSUUTEQ (N), UGYUUTEQ (S) – COW PARSNIP UGYUUTET PITURNIRTAARTUT. – PUSHKI (COW PARSNIP) ALWAYS TASTES GOOD. Cow parsnip (Heracleum lanatum), known locally by its Russian name puchki, is an herbaceous…
