CAIK – COMMON WORMWOOD OR SILVERLEAF CAAYULILUA CAIGMEK. – I AM MAKING SILVERLEAF TEA. Common wormwood (Artemisia tilesii Ledeb.), known around Kodiak as silverleaf, is a member of the sunflower family. This perennial herb grows across northern North American in open environments. Silverleaf is a tall herb, with stems up to three feet long and […]
SAKURSUUTEQ (S) / IWALRAYAGSUUN (N) – CRAB POT ALLRANI SAKURSUUT’MEK IKUGTAARTUKUT QUTMEK. – SOMETIMES WE FIND CRAB POTS AT THE BEACH. The Alutiiq words for crab pot translate as “tool for getting crab”. Today, these large steel and wire devices are a common sight on boat decks, in people’s yards, and stacked along the shore. […]
NUUWIKUUTARLUNI – NEW YEAR’S PLAY NUUWIKUUTARTUKUT. – WE ARE GOING TO DO THE NEW YEAR’S PLAY. For over a century, the Alutiiq New Year’s play was a Kodiak holiday tradition. Today, the residents of Nanwalek and Port Graham continue to stage this comical show, but it has not been performed on Kodiak for years. Introduced […]
KANGRUIQ – VIEKODA BAY KANGRUIQ TAKUQ. – VIEKODA BAY IS LONG. Viekoda Bay is a long, narrow fjord on the western coast of Kodiak Island. This body of water stretches about 29 km southeast from Shelikof Strait into the steep terrain of Kodiak’s interior. Here, mountains rise up to 2,800 feet above sea level behind […]