With a $56,462 grant from the National Science Foundation (award #1360839), the Alutiiq Museum will extend its Naken–Natmen (Where From–Where To) language project for an additional year. First funded in 2014, the multi-year project improved access to Alutiiq language resources by developing an online archive of Alutiiq recordings, creating an Alutiiq speaker registry, and planning […]
ET’UUQ – DEEP TAANGAQ ET’UUQ. – THE WATER IS DEEP. Alaskan fishermen pull all sorts of interesting things out of the ocean. The North Pacific’s strong currents carry an abundance of flotsam to Kodiak waters, delivering items from as far away as the tropics. Sometimes, however, these finds come not from surface of the ocean […]
PASHMAKIIT – SHOES NAAMA PASHMAKIIGKA? – WHERE’S MY (2) SHOES? Traditional Alutiiq clothing included long hoodless bird-skin parkas, waterproof gut jackets, and a variety of fur, spruce root, and wooden hats, but footgear was rarely worn. Only in the coldest weather did people put on shoes. Next time you watch the Kodiak Alutiiq Dancers, […]
Photo: Paintings of Kodiak landscapes by local artists on display at the Alutiiq Museum. Image-Alutiiq Museum The latest addition to the Alutiiq Museum’s gallery is a display of paintings featuring Kodiak landscapes. Nunat—Lands, which opened today, shares views of coastal settings as interpreted by three artists. The paintings include—Sunset at Pyramid Mountain, oil on […]