Trout-Alutiiq Word of the Week-October 4th
ANCIQ – TROUT ANCINEK PISURTAARTUKUK. – WE TWO ALWAYS FISH FOR TROUT. Kodiak streams support two races of trout…
Throat, Outlet-Alutiiq Word of the Week-September 27th
IGYA’AQ – THROAT, LAKE OUTLET IQALLUT IGYA’ARMI ET’UT. – THE FISH ARE AT THE OUTLET. In the Alutiiq world,…
Snare-Alutiiq Word of the Week-September 20th
NEGAQ – SNARE MIKLLUMNI PAPAAMA NEGANEK PILITAAKIINGA, AMITATUGNEK PISIURLUTA. – WHEN I WAS SMALL MY DAD MADE ME SNARES…
Clothing-Alutiiq Word of the Week-September 13th
ARUNAT, AUNAT, ATKUT – CLOTHING ARUNANEK PILIYUQ. – SHE IS MAKING CLOTHES. Sewing in classical Alutiiq society was often…
Bola-Alutiiq Word of the Week-September 6th
PELLUQUQ – BOLA SAQULLKANANEK PISURYARTUKUT PELLUQUMEK ATURLUTA. – WE ARE HUNTING BIRDS WITH SLINGSHOTS. The word bola comes from Spanish…
Grass-Alutiiq Word of the Week-August 30th
WEG’ET – GRASS WEG’ET KIAGMI ANGLITAARTUT. – THE GRASS GROWS TALL IN THE SUMMERTIME. More than sixty-five varieties of…
Village-Alutiiq Word of the Week-August 23rd
NUNA – VILLAGE GUANGKUTA NUNARPET. – THIS IS OUR LAND. When Russian traders arrived in the Kodiak Archipelago, there…
Mountain-Alutiiq Word of the Week-August 16
ING’IQ, INGRIQ – MOUNTAIN ING’IT PATUMAUT ANIUMEK. – THE MOUNTAINS ARE COVERED WITH SNOW. Some of Kodiak’s most beautiful…
Sea Otter-Alutiiq Word of the Week-August 9th
ARHNAQ – SEA OTTER ALLRINGUQ ARNAQ MAANI PILITAARTUQ ARHNAT AMIT ATURLUKI. – THERE IS ONE WOMAN HERE WHO MAKES…
Steam-Alutiiq Word of the Week-August 2nd
ARILLAQ – STEAM CAINIIK ARILLARTUQ, KALLAQUTARTUQ. – THE KETTLE IS STEAMING. IT’S GOING TO BOIL. The traditional Alutiiq steam…