Moon-Alutiiq Word of the Week-November 1st
IRALUQ – MOON UNUGPAK IRALUQ TATARTUQ. – TONIGHT THE MOON IS FULL. In classical Alutiiq cosmology, there are five…
Frazer Lake-Alutiiq Word of the Week-October 25
UNUGTUARAA – FRAZER LAKE PISURYARTAALLRIIT UNUGTUARAAMEN. – THEY USED TO GO FRAZER LAKE TO HUNT. Frazer Lake is a…
Smoke-Alutiiq Word of the Week-October 18th
PUYUQ – SMOKE MECUUSQANEK KENERQAT PUYURNARTUU’UT. – WET FIREWOOD IS VERY SMOKY. In Alutiiq communities, wood smoke is best…
Puffin-Alutiiq Word of the Week-October 11th
TUNNGAT – PUFFINS TUNNGAT MANIGTUT P’HNAMI. – THE PUFFINS ARE LAYING EGGS ON THE CLIFF. Puffins, also known as…
Trout-Alutiiq Word of the Week-October 4th
ANCIQ – TROUT ANCINEK PISURTAARTUKUK. – WE TWO ALWAYS FISH FOR TROUT. Kodiak streams support two races of trout…
Throat, Outlet-Alutiiq Word of the Week-September 27th
IGYA’AQ – THROAT, LAKE OUTLET IQALLUT IGYA’ARMI ET’UT. – THE FISH ARE AT THE OUTLET. In the Alutiiq world,…
Snare-Alutiiq Word of the Week-September 20th
NEGAQ – SNARE MIKLLUMNI PAPAAMA NEGANEK PILITAAKIINGA, AMITATUGNEK PISIURLUTA. – WHEN I WAS SMALL MY DAD MADE ME SNARES…
Clothing-Alutiiq Word of the Week-September 13th
ARUNAT, AUNAT, ATKUT – CLOTHING ARUNANEK PILIYUQ. – SHE IS MAKING CLOTHES. Sewing in classical Alutiiq society was often…
Bola-Alutiiq Word of the Week-September 6th
PELLUQUQ – BOLA SAQULLKANANEK PISURYARTUKUT PELLUQUMEK ATURLUTA. – WE ARE HUNTING BIRDS WITH SLINGSHOTS. The word bola comes from Spanish…
Grass-Alutiiq Word of the Week-August 30th
WEG’ET – GRASS WEG’ET KIAGMI ANGLITAARTUT. – THE GRASS GROWS TALL IN THE SUMMERTIME. More than sixty-five varieties of…