Alaska State Troopers are asking Kodiak residents to be vigilant of their surroundings after a bear was possibly shot and wounded in a subdivision in the city of Kodiak Tuesday morning. Alaska Wildlife Troopers and ADF&G responded to the Woodland Acres subdivision in Kodiak this morning after being informed of a Kodiak Bear killing chickens. […]
In what Kodiak police are calling the largest drug bust ever made by the Kodiak Police Department, on arrest was made and nearly 2 ounces of heroin and more than a pound and a half of methamphetamine were seized from room 110 of the Russian heritage in in a raid mid morning on Saturday. Kodiak […]
PRiis’tanaq – Dock PaRaguutat pRiistananun taitaartut. – The boats come to the dock. (Click sentence to hear Alutiiq words spoken.) In Alutiiq communities, where boats are essential for travel, subsistence activities, and work at sea, docks are a necessity. Although Alutiiqs once landed their skin-covered boats on the beach and stored them around their […]
Camani – Lower Forty-Eight States Camani ilangq’rtuanga. – I have family in the Lower Forty-eight. (Click sentence to hear Alutiiq words spoken) When Alutiiqs speakers talk about the continental United States they use the word camani, which literally means “down there.” In Alaska, the English equivalent is “the Lower Forty-eight.” Despite the separation between Alaska […]