Historic Alutiiq Kayak Returns to Alaska

By Amy Steffian | Alutiiq Museum on Apr 25, 2016   Featured, Rural, Southcentral, State  

In 1869, a US Army officer left Alaska with a piece of Alutiiq culture, a skin covered kayak. Now, almost 150 years later, the boat has returned to Kodiak to share its story. The watercraft is a one-man, Alutiiq kayak with an intact, decorated skin cover. Culture bearers Ronnie Lind and Sven Haakanson Jr. recognized […]