Museum Leads Effort to Preserve Alutiiq Family Photos
To assist Alutiiq families with the preservation of their paper photographs the Alutiiq Museum is leading a Community Photo…
Ear-Alutiiq Word of the Week-February 23rd
CUUTEQ – EAR CUUTENG’RTUQ ANGSQANEK. – HE HAS LARGE EARS. In classical Alutiiq society, people decorated their ears. Historic…
Alutiiq Angyaq Inducted into Alaska Innovators Hall of Fame
Before there were pick-up trucks, there was the Alutiiq/Sugpiaq angyaq (open boats). Crafted explicitly for heavy seas, and mass…
Chiton-Alutiiq Word of the Week-February 16th
URIITAQ – CHITON KASUKUAGMEN AGKUMA, URIITARSURCIQUA. – WHEN I GO TO AKHIOK I AM GOING TO GO GET SOME…
Rasmuson Foundation Grants Alutiiq Museum $25,000
The Rasmuson Foundation has granted the Alutiiq Museum $25,000 to support its operations. The unsolicited grant arrived in the…
Guts-Alutiiq Word of the Week-February 9th
QILUT – GUTS AANAQA ISUWIM QILUNEK KENIRLLIA. – MY MOTHER COOKED SEAL GUTS. In addition to food and oil,…
Door-Alutiiq Word of the Week-February 3rd
AMIIK – DOOR AMIIK PATUMAUQ – THE DOOR IS CLOSED. Alutiiq people once entered their sod houses through low,…
Eyebrows-Alutiiq Word of the Week-January 26th
QAUGLUK — EYEBROWS ILAIT QAUGLUTUTAARTUT.— SOME EYE BROWS ARE LONG. Faces are a common subject in Alutiiq sculpture and…
Salt Fish-Alutiiq Word of the Week-January 19th
SULUNAQ – SALT FISH SULUNAQ PITURNIRTAARTUQ. – SALT FISH IS ALWAYS TASTY. For centuries, people around the world have…
Story-Alutiiq Word of the Week-January 12th
QULIYANGUAQ – STORY QULIYANGUA’UCIIKAMKEN. – I WILL TELL YOU A STORY. Among societies without a written language, storytelling is…