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Dice-Alutiiq Word of the Week-January 24th

By Alutiiq Museum on Jan 24, 2016   Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News  

Dice-Alutiiq Word of the Week-January 24th

Maqaq – DiceKita, Maqarlinuk. – Come on! Let’s (two of us) play dice. Dice games are very common across North America. Native societies from New England to the Pacific Northwest enjoy tossing small objects in games of chance. Russian traders recorded an Alutiiq dice game they called stopka, where players tossed a small figurine carved […]

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