This Day in Alaska History-October 24th, 1887
Awl-Alutiiq Word of the Week
Awl — Siilaq, Siilagkaq (N) Siilaq ipegtuq. – The awl is sharp. An awl is a sharp, pointed tool used to punch holes in leather. In prehistoric times, Alutiiqs fashioned awls from wood, bone, and ivory. Archaeological data indicate that bird bone was the most common material. To create an awl, a carver removed the […]
Dolphin, Porpoise-Alutiiq Word of the Week
Dolphin, Porpoise — Mangaq Mangat kiagmi amlertaartut, paRaguutami maligkaturtaakiikut. – There are always a lot of dolphins in the summertime, they always follow us in the boat. The Pacific white-sided dolphin (lagenorhynchus obliquidens) is a common resident of the deep waters surrounding Kodiak. The average adult is about seven and a half feet long, weighs […]
Historical Society Awards Patrick Saltonstall the Barbara Smith Pathfinder Award
The Barbara Smith Pathfinder Award was awarded to Patrick Saltonstall, a curator of archaeology at the Alutiiq Museum in Kodiak for 28 years. The award is given to an individual for indexing or preparing guides to Alaska historical material and is named after Barbara Smith, an historian, archivist and exhibit curator who prepared invaluable research […]