Tugidak Island-Alutiiq Word of the Week-July 21st
TUIY’UQ – TUGIDAK ISLAND TUIY’UQ NALLQIGTUQ. – TUGIDAK ISLAND IS FLAT. Tudigak Island lies at the southern end of…
Net-Alutiiq Word of the Week-July 14th
KUGYAQ – NET KUGYASIQ ATURTAAQA. – I USE THE NET. Alutiiq people captured salmon with a variety of traditional tools. Streams…
Sisut-Alutiiq Word of the Week-July 7th
Word in Alutiiq: Sisut In a sentence: Sisut piturnirtaartut kallagkwarluki. – Fish Eggs always taste good after you boil them.…
Cow Parsnip-Alutiiq Word of the Week-June 30th
UGSUUTEQ (N), UGYUUTEQ (S) – COW PARSNIP UGYUUTET PITURNIRTAARTUT. – PUSHKI (COW PARSNIP) ALWAYS TASTES GOOD. Cow parsnip (Heracleum…
Frog/Toad-Alutiiq Word of the Week-June 23rd
Qetgauwartaasqaq—Frog / Toad Qetgauwartaasqat cungaruartut.—Frogs are green. The Alutiiq words for toad and frog are the same- qetgauwartaasqaq. This word…
Barren Islands-Alutiiq Word of the Week-June 16
Qukami Qik’rtat—Barren Islands Qukami Qik’rtat carwartuu’utaartut.—The Barren Islands have strong rip tides. The Barren Islands are a mountainous cluster…
Insect-Alutiiq Word of the Week-June 9th
Kinguk—Insect Kingut ilait kumsugnartaartut.—Some insects are ugly. Mosquitoes, black flies, white socks, no-see-ums, and other biting insects are an…
Woman-Alutiiq Word of the Week-June 2nd
Arnaq—Woman Arnat peknartutaartut.—Women work hard. Women had important economic, social, and spiritual roles in classical Alutiiq society. In addition to…
Dog-Alutiiq Word of the Week-May 26
Aikuq (N), Piugta (S)—Dog April mal’ugnek piugtengq’rtuq.—April has two dogs. Archaeological sites in Alaska illustrate that dogs (Canis familiaris) have…
Can-Alutiiq Word of the Week-May 19th
Paan’kaaq—Can Iqallut lliitaaqait paan’kaanun.—They used to put fish in cans. Kodiak relies heavily on labor to process locally caught fish…