Pluck-Alutiiq Word of the Week-February 28
MEQCILUKU – PLUCK SAQUL’AAQ MEQCIRAA. – SHE IS PLUCKING THE DUCK. The Alutiiq verb meqciluku is commonly used to describe…
The Great Eye-Alutiiq Word of the Week-February 20
LLAM IINGALAA – EYE OF THE UNIVERSE KALLALET LLAM IINGALAAKUN AGTAALLRIIT.– SHAMANS USED TO GO THROUGH THE EYE OF THE…
Where From-Alutiiq Word of the Week
Naken – Where (from) Naken taimaluten? – Where do you come from? The ways people introduce themselves varies across cultures.…
Rim-Alutiiq Word of the Week-February 6th
ITERWIK / AWATII – RIM ASUM AWATII GAGTUQ. – THE RIM OF THE POT IS COARSE. The Alutiiq word iterwik…
Rattle-Alutiiq Word of the Week-January 30th
KALLA’UN/KALLA’UTAQ – RATTLE KALLA’ALEGET AGNGUAQAMENG KALLA’UTAT ATURTAAKAIT. – SHAMANS USE THE RATTLES WHEN THEY DANCE. The puffin beak rattle is…
Wormwood/Silverleaf-Alutiiq Word of the Week-January 23rd
CAIK – COMMON WORMWOOD OR SILVERLEAF CAAYULILUA CAIGMEK. – I AM MAKING SILVERLEAF TEA. Common wormwood (Artemisia tilesii Ledeb.), known…
Crab Pots-Alutiiq Word of the Week-January 18th
SAKURSUUTEQ (S) / IWALRAYAGSUUN (N) – CRAB POT ALLRANI SAKURSUUT’MEK IKUGTAARTUKUT QUTMEK. – SOMETIMES WE FIND CRAB POTS AT THE…
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…