New Years Play-Alutiiq Word of the Week-January 10th
NUUWIKUUTARLUNI – NEW YEAR’S PLAY NUUWIKUUTARTUKUT. – WE ARE GOING TO DO THE NEW YEAR’S PLAY. For over a century,…
Viekoda Bay-Alutiiq Word of the Week-January 2nd
KANGRUIQ – VIEKODA BAY KANGRUIQ TAKUQ. – VIEKODA BAY IS LONG. Viekoda Bay is a long, narrow fjord on the…
That One-Alutiiq Word of the Week-December 26th
TAUGNA – THAT ONE TAUGNA ILUWARTUQ. – THAT PERSON IS COMING INTO THE BAY. Personal pronouns are the short words…
Strong-Alutiiq Word of the Week-December 19th
TUKNILUNI – STRONG (TO BE) SUUGET TUKNIGTAALLRIIT CUUMI. – PEOPLE WERE STRONG BEFORE. Hauling water, pulling in a net, and…
Flea-Alutiiq Word of the Week-December 13th
SAQEMKAQ – FLEA SAQEMKAQ QETGAUWARTUQ. – THE FLEA IS JUMPING AROUND. In Alutiiq, the word saqemkaq means flea. People refer…
Norwegian-Alutiiq Word of the Week-December 5th
NAURWIICIQ – NORWEGIAN NAURWIICIT QIK’RTAMEN TAITAALLRIIT IQALLUGSURLUTENG. – NORWEGIANS USED TO COME TO KODIAK ISLAND AND FISH. In the 1870s,…
Fly-Alutiiq Word of the Week-November 29th
TENGLUNI – FLY (VERB) UKSUQ TAIKAN SAQUL’AAT TENGTAARTUT AGLUTENG. – WHEN WINTER COMES, THE DUCKS FLY AWAY. Birds are special…
Light-Alutiiq Word of the Week-November 22nd
TANQIK, AKIRNEQ – LIGHT TANQIK KUARSGU. – TURN ON THE LIGHT. Once very long ago, when Alutiiq people lived in…
To Share Them-Alutiiq Word of the Week-November 15th
ILAKUILLUKI – TO SHARE THEM CUQLLIIPET NIUTAAKAITKUT, “ILAKUILLUKI CAQINEK PINGQ’RKUT.” – OUR ELDERS USED TO TELL US, “ALWAYS SHARE WHAT…
Bracket Fungus-Alutiiq Word of the Week-November 8th
QUHMAQ – BRACKET FUNGUS QUHMAT NAUTARTUT NAPANI. – BRACKET FUNGI GROW ON TREES. Fungi are among the most common organisms on…