Alaska State Troopers in Kodiak report that they made an arrest on Monday on a Kodiak individual wanted on two $25,000 arrest warrants in the Spruce Cape area in Kodiak. At approximately 9:26 pm, after receiving an anonymous Crime Stoppers report regarding the location of 20-year-old Bryce Beltran, who was wanted on various charges connected […]
Ugnerkaq – Spring Ugnerkartuq awa’i. – Spring is here. Spring is an unpredictable season in the Kodiak Archipelago. Some years, calm weather ushers in longer days and milder temperatures, but in others, winter storms pound the coast and snow falls well into April. For Alutiiqs, spring is a time of waiting as the subsistence cycle […]
Kodiak-based troopers are seeking information on a teen suspect who is reported to have committed multiple assaults on March 27th and 29th in the Bells Flats area south of Kodiak. On Friday, at 12:33 pm, Kodiak troopers received a report of an assault on a female in the Bells Flats area near Kodiak. The caller identified […]
Taqiq – Lance Wiika taugum taqikii. – My husband was lanced by that person. Among the techniques used by Alutiiq healers, lancing and bloodletting were chief remedies for pain and illness. Elders recall that the famous tribal doctor Oleanna Ashouwak (1909–1965), a resident of Kaguyak, used these techniques to help people experiencing headaches. She would […]