Copper-Alutiiq Word of the Week

By Alutiiq Museum on Sep 9, 2024   Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News, Featured  

[content id=”79272″] Copper — Kanuyaq Kasaakat kanuyamek tait’llriit. – The Russians brought copper. Copper is one of the few metals that Alutiiq people used prehistorically. Artists ground copper oxide, a mineral available on southeastern Kodiak Island, to make pigment. However, they obtained copper suitable for tool manufacture in trade with the Alaska mainland, particularly the […]