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Dipper/Ladle/Bailer-Alutiiq Word of the Week-January 24th

By Amy Steffian | Alutiiq Museum on Jan 25, 2021   Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News, Featured  

Dipper/Ladle/Bailer-Alutiiq Word of the Week-January 24th

QALUTAQ – DIPPER, LADLE, BAILER MAQIWIGMI QALUTAT ATURTAAPET. – WE USE DIPPERS IN THE BANYA. Enter an Alutiiq steam bath and you will find an assortment of tools for bathing. Adjacent to a wood-burning stove fashioned from a fifty-five-gallon oil drum are large metal tubs for storing, heating, and mixing water; tongs for loading the stove […]

Septum Piercing-Alutiiq Word of the Week-January 18th

By Amy Steffian | Alutiiq Museum on Jan 18, 2021   Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News, Featured  

Septum Piercing-Alutiiq Word of the Week-January 18th

MAITAQ – SEPTUM PIERCING MAITARTUUMARTAALLRIIT ARNAT. – WOMEN USED TO WEAR SEPTUM PIERCINGS. In classical Alutiiq society, men, women, and children often wore nose rings. The placed these decorations through a perforation in the nasal septum, the piece of cartilage that divides the nose. In Alutiiq the septum is known as kucurwik, a word derived from […]

Meteor-Alutiiq Word of the Week-January 10th

By Amy Steffian | Alutiiq Museum on Jan 10, 2021   Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News  

Meteor-Alutiiq Word of the Week-January 10th

PAMYULEK – METEOR AKGUA’AQ PAMYULEGMEK TANGELLRIANGA. – THE OTHER NIGHT I SAW A METEOR. A meteor is a piece of space rock that burns as it falls through the Earth’s atmosphere, creating a bright streak in the night sky. The Alutiiq term for meteor—pamyulek—comes from the word pamyuq for tail or handle; something that extends […]

Calendar-Alutiiq Word of the Week-January 3rd

By Amy Steffian | Alutiiq Museum on Jan 3, 2021   Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News  

Calendar-Alutiiq Word of the Week-January 3rd

CISLLAT – PEG CALENDAR PAAPUKA GUI CISLLANGQ’RTAALLIA. – MY GRANDMOTHER HAD A PEG CALENDAR. Charting the passage of time was once a relative process. Alutiiq people noted the seasons by following changes in the natural environment and in the economic and social activities that accompanied the yearly cycle. With the introduction of Russian Orthodoxy, however, the Alutiiq […]

Box-Alutiiq Word of the Week-December 20th

By Amy Steffian | Alutiiq Museum on Dec 20, 2020   Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News  

Box-Alutiiq Word of the Week-December 20th

YAASIIK – BOX CAQINKA YAASIIMEN LLIITAANKA. – I PUT MY STUFF IN BOXES. In classical Alutiiq society, craftsmen fashioned wooden boxes in many shapes and sizes to hold food, water, and objects. Hunters carried small rectangular boxes packed with supplies in their kayaks. Women cooked traditional dishes by dropping hot stones into oval wooden containers […]

Necklace-Alutiiq Word of the Week-December 13th

By Amy Steffian | Alutiiq Museum on Dec 13, 2020   Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News  

Necklace-Alutiiq Word of the Week-December 13th

UYAMILLQUAQ – NECKLACE UYAMILLQUAN QUP’ARTLLRIA. – YOUR NECKLACE GOT BROKEN. In classical Alutiiq society, jewelry was an important means of social and personal expression. Decorative lip plugs, nose pins, ear ornaments, bracelets, arm bands, belts, pendants, and necklaces were worn by both men and women, providing outward signs of the wearer’s place in society. Jewelry […]

Song-Alutiiq Word of the Week-December 6th

By Amy Steffian | Alutiiq Museum on Dec 6, 2020   Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News  

Song-Alutiiq Word of the Week-December 6th

ATUUN, ATUUTEQ – SONG KAS’AQ AMLESQANEK ATUUTET NALLUNITUQ. – THE PRIEST KNOWS MANY SONGS. Singing is a favorite pastime in Alutiiq communities. People of all ages enjoy sharing a tune or learning an Elder’s favorite melody. In addition to expressing joy and companionship, songs are a form of storytelling. They record community history, express values, […]

Cousins-Alutiiq Word of the Week-November 29th

By Amy Steffian | Alutiiq Museum on Nov 29, 2020   Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News  

Cousins-Alutiiq Word of the Week-November 29th

ILUWAQ – COUSIN AMLESQANEK ILUWANGQ’RTUA. – I HAVE MANY COUSINS. The term cousin can be applied to a confusing array of relatives. In American society, a cousin is any child of an aunt or an uncle. However, cultures around the world differentiate between types of cousins, especially parallel and cross cousins. Parallel cousins are the […]

Hair-Alutiiq Word of the Week-November 22nd

By Amy Steffian | Alutiiq Museum on Nov 22, 2020   Alutiiq Word of the Week & Museum News, Featured  

Hair-Alutiiq Word of the Week-November 22nd

NUYAT – HAIR SUK UKSURTUWIQAMI NUYAI QAT’RITAARTUT. – WHEN A PERSON GETS TO BE AN ELDER THEIR HAIR TURNS GRAY (WHITE). Before the adoption of western hairstyles in the mid-nineteenth century, Alutiiq men and women wore their hair long. Men typically cut their hair at the shoulders and braided it. Women cut bangs across their […]

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