A twenty-first century technology has helped a group of skin sewers achieve a dream, the creation of a traditionally styled caribou-skin parka. A team of seamstresses supported by Kodiak’s Alutiiq Museum spent the past two years developing this garment. Their aim was to revitalize ancestral sewing arts while creating a parka for their tribal cultural […]
Longtime Kodiak resident Jim Dillard is this week’s guest at the Alutiiq Museum’s Fall Lecture Series. A life-long woodcarver since age 10, Jim’s work has been shown at art galleries in eight states and he’s been teaching woodcarving around Kodiak Island for over 30 years. This Thursday, he will be discussing “Traditional Tools and Carving […]
A grant from the Alaska State Museum will help the Alutiiq Museum preserve a piece of recent Kodiak history, the revitalization of Alutiiq dance. Thirty years ago, members of the Kodiak Alutiiq community began researching Alutiiq dance, with the goal of creating the first traditional dancers in a century. Elders’ knowledge, ethnographic research, and assistance […]
The Alutiiq Museum’s annual Community Archaeology program kicked off on Thursday, July 17 at 7:00pm, with a volunteer orientation and public presentation led by museum archaeologist Patrick Saltonstall. The museum plans three weeks of work at the Kashevaroff site, a prehistoric settlement at the head of Womens Bay. Community members were invited to the museum […]