Norwegian-Alutiiq Word of the Week-December 5th
NAURWIICIQ – NORWEGIAN NAURWIICIT QIK’RTAMEN TAITAALLRIIT IQALLUGSURLUTENG. – NORWEGIANS USED TO COME TO KODIAK ISLAND AND FISH. In the 1870s, Scandinavian men began to settle in the Alutiiq world. Danes, Norwegians, and Swedes came to coastal Alaska to participate in the salmon fishing industry. Their numbers increased in the early twentieth century, drawn by other […]