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Weatherman-Alutiiq Word of the Week-November 9, 2014

By Alutiiq Museum on Nov 9, 2014   Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News  

Weatherman-Alutiiq Word of the Week-November 9, 2014

Llaatesurta – Weatherman Llaatsurtaallriit. – They used to be weathermen. Long before marine radios, the nightly, television weather report, weather apps and weather cams, Alutiiq people interpreted the weather by reading the wind, waves, clouds, and phase of the sun and moon.  Shaman, men and women skilled at interacting with the unseen world, were weather […]

Computer-Alutiiq Word of the Week November 2

By Alutiiq Museum on Nov 2, 2014   Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News  

Computer-Alutiiq Word of the Week November 2

Umiartusqaq– Computer Umiartusqaq masiinaq stuulumi et’uq.– The computer is on the table. There is a common misconception that technological change is synonymous withcultural change, that as people adopt new items of technology they adopt the values and perspectives of other cultures. For example, many visitors to Alaska think there are no true Alaska Natives because […]

Hunting Bag-Alutiiq Word of the Week October 25

By Alutiiq Museum on Oct 25, 2014   Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News  

Hunting Bag-Alutiiq Word of the Week October 25

Atmak; Ekgwik; Ekguiyutaq – Hunting Bag; Backpack Atmangq’rtuq. – He has a backpack. Packing well for a hunting or fishing trip was as important in the past as it is today. Alutiiq men filled their kayaks with useful things: wooden containers filled with fresh food and water, sleeping blankets, and even inflated seal bladders for […]

Alutiiq Word of the Week | October 19th

By Alutiiq Museum on Oct 19, 2014   Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News  

Tuullek; Tuulautek– Tongs Keniyaqama tuulautek aturtaagka.– When I cook I use tongs. Tongs were common tools in ancestral Alutiiq households.  Carvers fashioned these implements by lashing together two lengths of wood shaped with flat oval ends.  This created an effective tool for moving hot rocks.  Heating rocks was a daily task, as people used hot […]

Alutiiq Word of the Week-October 12, 2014

By Alutiiq Museum on Oct 12, 2014   Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News  

Alutiiq Word of the Week-October 12, 2014

Tuma; Tumet – Footprint Taqukaraat tumait ang’ut. – The bears’ footprints are large. Like animal tracks, human footprints are a common part of the Kodiak environment.  Today Kodiak’s muddy shores capture the tread of sneakers and rubber boots, but in the past, they recorded the passage of bare feet. Kodiak Alutiiq people seldom wore shoes, […]

Alutiiq Word of the Week-October 5, 2014

By Alutiiq Museum on Oct 5, 2014   Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News  

Alutiiq Word of the Week-October 5, 2014

Uksuaq – Fall Uksuartuq awa’i. – It is fall now. Fall along Alaska’s gulf coast arrives with a palette of changing colors. The hills fade from green to gold, coastal meadows blaze with bright red fireweed and elderberry leaves, and the skies darken from blue to grey as the days shorten and winter storms reappear. […]

Alutiiq Word of the Week-September 28th, 2014

By Alutiiq Museum on Sep 28, 2014   Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News  

Alutiiq Word of the Week-September 28th, 2014

Caguyaq  – Hunting Hat Caguyaq qupuramek canamauq. – The hunting hat is made of wood. In the cool, wet Kodiak environment, hats are an essential item of clothing. Among Alutiiqs, headgear was once fashioned from many different materials. Warm, water-resistant hats were sewn from animal pelts and loon skins, woven from spruce root, and carved […]

Alutiiq Word of the Week-September 21, 2014

By Alaska Native News on Sep 21, 2014   Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News  

Alutiiq Word of the Week-September 21, 2014

Lla – Weather; Sky; Outdoors; Universe; World Lla Asirtuq. – The weather is good. The world’s cultures have a great variety of beliefs about the sky. Tlingit people see the sky as an upside-down bowl with a hard surface. Their sky has layers that provide a home for the souls of those died from violence. […]

Alutiiq Word of the Week September 14th, 2014

By Alut, Alutiiq Museum on Sep 15, 2014   Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News  

Alutiiq Word of the Week September 14th, 2014

Kasukuak – Akhiok Kasukuarmiu’ak taugkuk. – Those two are from Akhiok. Surrounded by grassy hills and tundra flats, Akhiok is Kodiak’s southernmost Alutiiq village. The present location of this remote community, ninety miles from the City of Kodiak, was settled in 1881. Additional residents moved here from Kasukuak in nearby Humpy Cove. The original community […]

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