Uksuaq – Fall Uksuartuq awa’i. – It is fall now. Fall along Alaska’s gulf coast arrives with a palette of changing colors. The hills fade from green to gold, coastal meadows blaze with bright red fireweed and elderberry leaves, and the skies darken from blue to grey as the days shorten and winter storms reappear. […]
After a long investigation into drug smuggling into Kodiak, Alaska State Troopers made an arrest at the Anchorage airport on Saturday. After their investigation indicated that Kodiak woman, 42-year-old Tamara Jones, may have narcotics on her person, troopers arrested Jones and served a search warrant on her. Jones was taken to an Anchorage hospital, where […]
Caguyaq – Hunting Hat Caguyaq qupuramek canamauq. – The hunting hat is made of wood. In the cool, wet Kodiak environment, hats are an essential item of clothing. Among Alutiiqs, headgear was once fashioned from many different materials. Warm, water-resistant hats were sewn from animal pelts and loon skins, woven from spruce root, and carved […]
KODIAK, Alaska — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley returned to Kodiak Wednesday following a successful 68-day deployment patrolling more than 12,000 miles throughout the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. Alex Haley, known as the “Bulldog of the Bering,” departed Kodiak in July and spent the last two months conducting operations in the Bering […]