#kodiak — Public Fediverse posts

Interesting #Arctic reporting as always from Mia Bennett of Cryopolitics, this time on the temporary Israeli base that was built in US state of #Alaska to test defensive space missiles now being used in the #MiddleEast.

https://www.cryopolitics.com/2024/04/29/kodiak-pacific-spaceport-complex-israel/

#Israel #Kodiak #spacewarfare #IDF #geography #military #outerspace #geopolitics #IsraelHamasWar @geography @geopolitics

Alutiiq Ancestors Featured in New Watercolor Portraits
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KODIAK, Alaska—The Alutiiq Museum has added 11 watercolor portraits of 19th-century Alutiiq/Sugpiaq people to its collections. Created by Sugpiaq artist Cheryl Lacy, the set reinterprets watercolor paintings made by Mikhail Tikhanov, a Russian artist from Saint Petersburg...
https://alaska-native-news.com/alutiiq-ancestors-featured-in-new-watercolor-portraits/73514/
#kodiak #alutiiq #museum #waterdcolors #art #purchase

Quiver-Alutiiq Word of the Week-February 18th
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Photo: Nineteenth century wooden quiver and arrow. Gift of Father Cecil ‘Sisinii’ and Zoya Petellin King and their descendants.

Quiver — Ruuwauteq

Ruuwautet ruuwat tuumiaq’rsuutiit. – Quivers are holders for arrows.

Alutiiq hunters used different kinds of arrows for hunting on land and sea, and they stored this weaponry in a...
https://alaska-native-news.com/72595-2/72595/
#quiver #alutiiq #wordoftheweek #museum #kodiak

Talisman-Alutiiq Word of the Week-December 26th
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Photo: Wooden box carved in the shape of a fish, perhaps to hold talismans. Karluk One Site, ca. 400 years old, Koniag, Inc. Collection. AM193.

Talisman — Nakernaq

Carliarluki nakernaten. Nakciquten. – Take care of your talisman. You will be lucky.

A rabbit's foot, a four-leaf clover, a horseshoe–these are all widely recognized...
https://alaska-native-news.com/71676-2/71676/
#alutiiq #Kodiak #museum #talisman #wordoftheweek

Dirt-Alutiiq Word of the Week-December 17th
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Dirt — Iqaq

Tan’urat waamut iqami. – The boys are playing in the dirt.

The soils in the Kodiak region are relatively young, formed since the end of the last ice age less than twelve thousand years ago. Deposits of volcanic ash brought to the archipelago by the wind and the weathering of bedrock and...
https://alaska-native-news.com/dirt-alutiiq-word-of-the-week-december-17th/71534/
#alutiiq #dirt #Kodiak #museum #wordoftheweek

Backpack/Hunting Bag-Alutiiq Word of the Week-November 19th
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Backpack, Hunting Bag — Atmak, Ekgwik, Ekguiyutaq

Atmangq’rtuq. – He has a backpack.

Packing well for a hunting or fishing trip was as important in the past as it is today. Alutiiq men filled their kayaks with useful things: wooden containers filled with fresh food and water, sleeping blankets, and even...
https://alaska-native-news.com/70935-2/70935/
#huntingbag #bacpack #alutiiq #museum #wordoftheweek #kodiak

Dream-Alutiiq Word of the Week-October 15th
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Photo: Woman asleep in a skiff, Ouzinkie 1940s. Smith Collections, courtesy of Tim and Norman Smith.

Dream — Qawangurtuaq, Qawanguq

Qawangurtuataartut. – They always dream.

For Alutiiq people, dreaming is a magical state, one that draws people closer to the spirit world. Encounters between people...
https://alaska-native-news.com/dream-alutiiq-word-of-the-week-october-15th/70295/
#alutiiq #Kodiak #museum #sleep #wordoftheweek