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…
The Alutiiq Museum Invites You to Celebrate Russian Christmas!
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Starring-Alutiiq Word of the Week-January 6
SLAAWIRLUNI – STARRING RAUSISTUAMI SLAAWIRTAARTUKUT. – AT RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS TIME WE GO STARRING. Each January, the Russian Orthodox faithful…
Thank You-Alutiiq Word of the Week-December 30th
QUYANAA – THANK YOU QUYANAA TAILUCI. – THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. Quyanaa is the Alutiiq word for thank you.…
Gift-Alutiiq Word of the Week-December 23
PIKIYUTAQ – GIFT PIKIYUTAT AMLERTAARTUT UQGWIM ACAANI. – THERE’S ALWAYS A LOT OF PRESENTS UNDER THE [CHRISTMAS] TREE. In…