Steambath/Banya-Alutiiq Word of the Week-November 24th
MAQIWIK – STEAM BATH MAQIWIK UQNAARLLIA. – THE BANYA WAS HOT. Alutiiq sod houses had a small side chamber designed…
Works by Five Artists Added to Alutiiq Museum Collection
With a $12,925 grant from Museums Alaska, the Alutiiq Museum will purchase five works of art for its permanent collection.…
Thread-Alutiiq Word of the Week-November 17th
KELUGKAQ – THREAD KELUGKANEK ATURTAARTUKUT MINGQU’AKAMTA. – WE ALWAYS USE THREAD WHEN WE SEW. Alutiiq seamstresses manufactured thread from the…
Wind-Alutiiq Word of the Week-November 10th
AQLLAQ – WIND YAATIINI, AKGUA’AQ, ERNERPAK CALI AQLLANGENGUARTUQ. – THE LAST FEW DAYS HAVE BEEN WINDY. Wind is a persistent…
Red-Alutiiq Word of the Week-November 4th
KAWISQAQ – RED GIINAN KAWIRTUQ. – YOUR FACE IS RED. In prehistoric times, Alutiiq people manufactured red pigment from naturally…
Whale-Alutiiq Word of the Week-October 27th
AR’UQ, ARWAQ – WHALE AR’UT AMLERTUT. – THERE ARE MANY WHALES. Six species of baleen whales feed in the coastal…
Chipped One-Alutiiq Word of the Week-October 23
ILAI’ARNGASQAQ – CHIPPED ONE YAAMAQ ILAI’ARNGAUQ. – THE ROCK IS CHIPPED. Flint knapping, or stone chipping, is the process of…
Rope/Cord-Alutiiq Word of the Week-October 13
ARafkuq (N), IRafkuq (S) – Rope / Cord ARafkumek piliyuq. – She is making rope. In classical Alutiiq society rope and…
Ducks-Alutiiq Word of the Week-October 6th
Saqul’aat – Ducks Saqul’aarsurciqukut. – We are going to go duck hunting. More than fifty-two species of loons, grebes, swans,…
Museum Launches Native Arts Advocacy Project
With a $18,589 grant from the Alaska Community Foundation’s Alaska Native Social Justice Fund, the Alutiiq Museum is launching the…