Shrimp-Alutiiq Word of the Week-March 28th
Kumitgarpak – Shrimp Kumitgarpat piturnirtaartut. – Shrimp are tasty. There are five species of shrimp in Gulf of Alaska waters—including…
Slate-Alutiiq Word of the Week-March 21
Slate — Ipegyaq Ulukat ipegyanek canamataallriit cuumi. – Ulu knives used to be made out of slate. Slate is…
Steelhead-Alutiiq Word of the Week-March 13
Mayuwartaq – Steelhead Trout Kal’umiuwat mayurwartarsurtaartut. – Karluk people always fish for steelhead trout. There are two varieties of…
Kiliuda Bay-Alutiiq Word of the Week-March 6th
KILUTAQ – KILIUDA BAY SUUGET KILUTAMEN IQALLUGSURTAARTUT. – PEOPLE ALWAYS GO TO KILIUDA BAY TO FISH. Kiliuda is a large…
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…