Metqaq – Slave Amlesqanek metqangq’rtuq. – He has a lot of slaves. Like their Tlingit and Aleut neighbors, Alutiiqs lived in a ranked society. Individuals were born into one of three classes: elite, common, or slave. These social distinctions ordered much of daily life. From dividing subsistence foods to sharing a meal, giving gifts, or […]
Sun’aq – Kodiak City Qaku-mi angiciqsit Sun’amen? – When will you come back to Kodiak? Established by fur traders in 1793, Kodiak was the second major Russian settlement on Kodiak Island and the first capital of Russian America. It was originally called Pavlovskaia Gavan, Paul’s Harbor, or St. Paul’s Harbor. Although archaeological sites indicate that […]
Alaska State Troopers called on the Kodiak Police Department for assistance in a barricaded subject at a Kodiak apartment building during the early morning hours of Friday. A call went in to the Alaska State Troopers at 2:56 am on Friday morning reporting a disturbance. A 31-year-old resident told troopers that her neighbor in the […]
Two Kodiak vehicles were totaled and the drivers injured in a head-on collision on a Kodiak Roadway on Tuesday evening, the trooper dispatch reports. At 7:10 pm, troopers were notified of a head-on collision that had taken place on Resanof Drive near Fort Abercrombie on the outskirts of Kodiak on Tuesday evening. Troopers responded to […]