Nagoonberry-Alutiiq Word of the Week-July 30th
Puyurniq – Nagoonberry Puyurnit piturnirtaartut. – Nagoonberries always taste good. Commonly known as the wild raspberry, or arctic raspberry, the nagoonberry (Rubus arcticus) is a low-growing plant that bears a sweet, dark red, segmented, raspberry-like fruit. On Kodiak, Alutiiq people use the same term for nagoonberry and raspberry, illustrating the similarity between this indigenous fruit […]