Amarsaq (N), Amaryaq (S)—High Bush Cranberry Amaryat quuhnartaartut.—Highbush cranberries are (always) sour. The highbush cranberry (Viburnum edule), known locally as the bog berry or sour berry, is a large flowering shrub that grows in Kodiak’s thickets and clearings, often in shady spots. This plant, found widely across North America, produces small red berries that dangle […]
One person is deceased and another was rescued in a vessel accident in Chiniak Bay on Thursday afternoon the Alaska State Troopers revealed on Friday morning. According to the report from AST on the trooper dispatch, the Coast Guard informed the Kodiak-based troopers of an on-going search for survivors of an overturned 22′ Hewescraft at […]
Litnauwista, Uciitilaq—Teacher Litnauwistarpet asirtuq.—Our teacher is good. Western-style teachers became part of the Kodiak landscape in the late eighteenth century, soon after the arrival of Russian fur traders. Although Alutiiq adults taught their children the skills they needed for life in the Alutiiq world, a small number of boys began to study the Russian language, […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak welcomed the first HC-130J Super Hercules to Kodiak, Alaska, Monday. Air Station Kodiak is expected to receive five HC-130J model planes by the end of 2019 to replace the five HC-130H model planes currently there. The HC-130J improves upon the HC-130H with more advanced engines and propellers, […]