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Cook-Alutiiq Word of the Week
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Cook — Kenirluni, Uuceslluku
Nulima keniyaskiinga akgua’aq sitiin’kamek. – My wife cooked me pork chops last night.

Photo: Cooking over a campfire on the beach. Nekeferof Collection.

Food traditions are central aspect of a society’s cultural identity. The foods that people eat, and the dishes they make from these foods, are some of the most deeply held...
https://alaska-native-news.com/76350-2/76350/
#cook #alutiiq #museum #wordoftheweek

Cook-Alutiiq Word of the Week
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Cook — Kenirluni, Uuceslluku
Nulima keniyaskiinga akgua’aq sitiin’kamek. – My wife cooked me pork chops last night.

Photo: Cooking over a campfire on the beach. Nekeferof Collection.

Food traditions are central aspect of a society’s cultural identity. The foods that people eat, and the dishes they make from these foods, are some of the most deeply held...
https://alaska-native-news.com/76350-2/76350/
#cook #alutiiq #museum #wordoftheweek

Cook-Alutiiq Word of the Week
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Cook — Kenirluni, Uuceslluku
Nulima keniyaskiinga akgua’aq sitiin’kamek. – My wife cooked me pork chops last night.

Photo: Cooking over a campfire on the beach. Nekeferof Collection.

Food traditions are central aspect of a society’s cultural identity. The foods that people eat, and the dishes they make from these foods, are some of the most deeply held...
https://alaska-native-news.com/76350-2/76350/
#cook #alutiiq #museum #wordoftheweek

Cook-Alutiiq Word of the Week
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Cook — Kenirluni, Uuceslluku
Nulima keniyaskiinga akgua’aq sitiin’kamek. – My wife cooked me pork chops last night.

Photo: Cooking over a campfire on the beach. Nekeferof Collection.

Food traditions are central aspect of a society’s cultural identity. The foods that people eat, and the dishes they make from these foods, are some of the most deeply held...
https://alaska-native-news.com/76350-2/76350/
#cook #alutiiq #museum #wordoftheweek

Cook-Alutiiq Word of the Week
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Cook — Kenirluni, Uuceslluku
Nulima keniyaskiinga akgua’aq sitiin’kamek. – My wife cooked me pork chops last night.

Photo: Cooking over a campfire on the beach. Nekeferof Collection.

Food traditions are central aspect of a society’s cultural identity. The foods that people eat, and the dishes they make from these foods, are some of the most deeply held...
https://alaska-native-news.com/76350-2/76350/
#cook #alutiiq #museum #wordoftheweek

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Braided Seal Gut — Qiluryaq
Taugkut qiluryat ekllinartut. – Those braided seal gut look delicious.

Visitors to Kodiak often ask how Alutiiq people can hunt protected species like sea otters and sea lions. In 1972, the Marine Mammal Protection Act prohibited the harvesting of all marine mammals to preserve their populations. However, this law recognizes the importance of sea...
https://alaska-native-news.com/75706-2/75706/
#braided-seal-gut #alutiiq #Wordoftheweek #museum

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Braided Seal Gut — Qiluryaq
Taugkut qiluryat ekllinartut. – Those braided seal gut look delicious.

Visitors to Kodiak often ask how Alutiiq people can hunt protected species like sea otters and sea lions. In 1972, the Marine Mammal Protection Act prohibited the harvesting of all marine mammals to preserve their populations. However, this law recognizes the importance of sea...
https://alaska-native-news.com/75706-2/75706/
#braided-seal-gut #alutiiq #Wordoftheweek #museum

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Braided Seal Gut — Qiluryaq
Taugkut qiluryat ekllinartut. – Those braided seal gut look delicious.

Visitors to Kodiak often ask how Alutiiq people can hunt protected species like sea otters and sea lions. In 1972, the Marine Mammal Protection Act prohibited the harvesting of all marine mammals to preserve their populations. However, this law recognizes the importance of sea...
https://alaska-native-news.com/75706-2/75706/
#braided-seal-gut #alutiiq #Wordoftheweek #museum

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Braided Seal Gut — Qiluryaq
Taugkut qiluryat ekllinartut. – Those braided seal gut look delicious.

Visitors to Kodiak often ask how Alutiiq people can hunt protected species like sea otters and sea lions. In 1972, the Marine Mammal Protection Act prohibited the harvesting of all marine mammals to preserve their populations. However, this law recognizes the importance of sea...
https://alaska-native-news.com/75706-2/75706/
#braided-seal-gut #alutiiq #Wordoftheweek #museum

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Braided Seal Gut — Qiluryaq
Taugkut qiluryat ekllinartut. – Those braided seal gut look delicious.

Visitors to Kodiak often ask how Alutiiq people can hunt protected species like sea otters and sea lions. In 1972, the Marine Mammal Protection Act prohibited the harvesting of all marine mammals to preserve their populations. However, this law recognizes the importance of sea...
https://alaska-native-news.com/75706-2/75706/
#braided-seal-gut #alutiiq #Wordoftheweek #museum

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Photo: Common Snipe, coastal Alaska. Courtesy of the USF&WS National Digital Library.

Snipe — Kulic’kiiq
Kulic’kiit miktut, kesiin piturnirtut. – Snipes are small but they taste good.

The common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) is a shorebird found around Kodiak’s grassy coastal meadows, ponds, and fields during summer. This member of the sandpiper family breeds yearly across northern...
https://alaska-native-news.com/74992-2/74992/
#snipe #alutiiq #museum #wordoftheweek

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Photo: Common Snipe, coastal Alaska. Courtesy of the USF&WS National Digital Library.

Snipe — Kulic’kiiq
Kulic’kiit miktut, kesiin piturnirtut. – Snipes are small but they taste good.

The common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) is a shorebird found around Kodiak’s grassy coastal meadows, ponds, and fields during summer. This member of the sandpiper family breeds yearly across northern...
https://alaska-native-news.com/74992-2/74992/
#snipe #alutiiq #museum #wordoftheweek

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Photo: Common Snipe, coastal Alaska. Courtesy of the USF&WS National Digital Library.

Snipe — Kulic’kiiq
Kulic’kiit miktut, kesiin piturnirtut. – Snipes are small but they taste good.

The common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) is a shorebird found around Kodiak’s grassy coastal meadows, ponds, and fields during summer. This member of the sandpiper family breeds yearly across northern...
https://alaska-native-news.com/74992-2/74992/
#snipe #alutiiq #museum #wordoftheweek

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Photo: Common Snipe, coastal Alaska. Courtesy of the USF&WS National Digital Library.

Snipe — Kulic’kiiq
Kulic’kiit miktut, kesiin piturnirtut. – Snipes are small but they taste good.

The common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) is a shorebird found around Kodiak’s grassy coastal meadows, ponds, and fields during summer. This member of the sandpiper family breeds yearly across northern...
https://alaska-native-news.com/74992-2/74992/
#snipe #alutiiq #museum #wordoftheweek

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Photo: Common Snipe, coastal Alaska. Courtesy of the USF&WS National Digital Library.

Snipe — Kulic’kiiq
Kulic’kiit miktut, kesiin piturnirtut. – Snipes are small but they taste good.

The common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) is a shorebird found around Kodiak’s grassy coastal meadows, ponds, and fields during summer. This member of the sandpiper family breeds yearly across northern...
https://alaska-native-news.com/74992-2/74992/
#snipe #alutiiq #museum #wordoftheweek

Shrimp-Alutiiq Wod of the Week
[the_ad id="30587"]Photo: Alaskan spot prawn. Photo courtesy of Thomas Kinsley.Shrimp — Kumitgarpak Kumitgarpat piturnirtaartut. – Shrimp are tasty.There are five species of shrimp in Gulf of Alaska waters—including coonstripe, sidestripe, humpy, northern, and spot varieties. The Alaska spot prawn (Pandalus platyceros) is the largest and a popular addition to...
https://alaska-native-news.com/shrimp-alutiiq-wod-of-the-week/74725/
#alutiiq #museum #wordoftheweek

Shrimp-Alutiiq Wod of the Week
[the_ad id="30587"]Photo: Alaskan spot prawn. Photo courtesy of Thomas Kinsley.Shrimp — Kumitgarpak Kumitgarpat piturnirtaartut. – Shrimp are tasty.There are five species of shrimp in Gulf of Alaska waters—including coonstripe, sidestripe, humpy, northern, and spot varieties. The Alaska spot prawn (Pandalus platyceros) is the largest and a popular addition to...
https://alaska-native-news.com/shrimp-alutiiq-wod-of-the-week/74725/
#alutiiq #museum #wordoftheweek

Shrimp-Alutiiq Wod of the Week
[the_ad id="30587"]Photo: Alaskan spot prawn. Photo courtesy of Thomas Kinsley.Shrimp — Kumitgarpak Kumitgarpat piturnirtaartut. – Shrimp are tasty.There are five species of shrimp in Gulf of Alaska waters—including coonstripe, sidestripe, humpy, northern, and spot varieties. The Alaska spot prawn (Pandalus platyceros) is the largest and a popular addition to...
https://alaska-native-news.com/shrimp-alutiiq-wod-of-the-week/74725/
#alutiiq #museum #wordoftheweek

Shrimp-Alutiiq Wod of the Week
[the_ad id="30587"]Photo: Alaskan spot prawn. Photo courtesy of Thomas Kinsley.Shrimp — Kumitgarpak Kumitgarpat piturnirtaartut. – Shrimp are tasty.There are five species of shrimp in Gulf of Alaska waters—including coonstripe, sidestripe, humpy, northern, and spot varieties. The Alaska spot prawn (Pandalus platyceros) is the largest and a popular addition to...
https://alaska-native-news.com/shrimp-alutiiq-wod-of-the-week/74725/
#alutiiq #museum #wordoftheweek

Shrimp-Alutiiq Wod of the Week
[the_ad id="30587"]Photo: Alaskan spot prawn. Photo courtesy of Thomas Kinsley.Shrimp — Kumitgarpak Kumitgarpat piturnirtaartut. – Shrimp are tasty.There are five species of shrimp in Gulf of Alaska waters—including coonstripe, sidestripe, humpy, northern, and spot varieties. The Alaska spot prawn (Pandalus platyceros) is the largest and a popular addition to...
https://alaska-native-news.com/shrimp-alutiiq-wod-of-the-week/74725/
#alutiiq #museum #wordoftheweek

Fish Rack-Alutiiq Word of the Week
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Photo: Fish hanging on rack in Old Harbor, 1889. Albatross Collection; National Archives, 22-FA-264

Fish Rack — Initaq
Iqallut iniki initamen. – Hang the fish on the fish rack.

Fish racks are an essential feature of Alutiiq communities. Although salmon, halibut, and cod are abundant in Kodiak waters, each is seasonally available....
https://alaska-native-news.com/fish-rack-alutiiq-word-of-the-week/74653/
#alutiiq #museum #wordoftheweek

Fish Rack-Alutiiq Word of the Week
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Photo: Fish hanging on rack in Old Harbor, 1889. Albatross Collection; National Archives, 22-FA-264

Fish Rack — Initaq
Iqallut iniki initamen. – Hang the fish on the fish rack.

Fish racks are an essential feature of Alutiiq communities. Although salmon, halibut, and cod are abundant in Kodiak waters, each is seasonally available....
https://alaska-native-news.com/fish-rack-alutiiq-word-of-the-week/74653/
#alutiiq #museum #wordoftheweek

Fish Rack-Alutiiq Word of the Week
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Photo: Fish hanging on rack in Old Harbor, 1889. Albatross Collection; National Archives, 22-FA-264

Fish Rack — Initaq
Iqallut iniki initamen. – Hang the fish on the fish rack.

Fish racks are an essential feature of Alutiiq communities. Although salmon, halibut, and cod are abundant in Kodiak waters, each is seasonally available....
https://alaska-native-news.com/fish-rack-alutiiq-word-of-the-week/74653/
#alutiiq #museum #wordoftheweek

Fish Rack-Alutiiq Word of the Week
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Photo: Fish hanging on rack in Old Harbor, 1889. Albatross Collection; National Archives, 22-FA-264

Fish Rack — Initaq
Iqallut iniki initamen. – Hang the fish on the fish rack.

Fish racks are an essential feature of Alutiiq communities. Although salmon, halibut, and cod are abundant in Kodiak waters, each is seasonally available....
https://alaska-native-news.com/fish-rack-alutiiq-word-of-the-week/74653/
#alutiiq #museum #wordoftheweek

Fish Rack-Alutiiq Word of the Week
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Photo: Fish hanging on rack in Old Harbor, 1889. Albatross Collection; National Archives, 22-FA-264

Fish Rack — Initaq
Iqallut iniki initamen. – Hang the fish on the fish rack.

Fish racks are an essential feature of Alutiiq communities. Although salmon, halibut, and cod are abundant in Kodiak waters, each is seasonally available....
https://alaska-native-news.com/fish-rack-alutiiq-word-of-the-week/74653/
#alutiiq #museum #wordoftheweek

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Photo: Rebecca Pruitt edits audio files at the Alutiiq Museum.

Computer — Umiartusqaq
Umiartusqaq masiinaq stuulumi et'uq. – The computer is on the table.

There is a common misconception that technological change is synonymous with cultural change, that as people adopt new items of technology they adopt the values and perspectives of other cultures. For example, many visitors to Alaska...
https://alaska-native-news.com/74554-2/74554/
#computer #alutiiq #wordoftheweek

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Photo: Rebecca Pruitt edits audio files at the Alutiiq Museum.

Computer — Umiartusqaq
Umiartusqaq masiinaq stuulumi et'uq. – The computer is on the table.

There is a common misconception that technological change is synonymous with cultural change, that as people adopt new items of technology they adopt the values and perspectives of other cultures. For example, many visitors to Alaska...
https://alaska-native-news.com/74554-2/74554/
#computer #alutiiq #wordoftheweek

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Photo: Rebecca Pruitt edits audio files at the Alutiiq Museum.

Computer — Umiartusqaq
Umiartusqaq masiinaq stuulumi et'uq. – The computer is on the table.

There is a common misconception that technological change is synonymous with cultural change, that as people adopt new items of technology they adopt the values and perspectives of other cultures. For example, many visitors to Alaska...
https://alaska-native-news.com/74554-2/74554/
#computer #alutiiq #wordoftheweek

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Photo: Rebecca Pruitt edits audio files at the Alutiiq Museum.

Computer — Umiartusqaq
Umiartusqaq masiinaq stuulumi et'uq. – The computer is on the table.

There is a common misconception that technological change is synonymous with cultural change, that as people adopt new items of technology they adopt the values and perspectives of other cultures. For example, many visitors to Alaska...
https://alaska-native-news.com/74554-2/74554/
#computer #alutiiq #wordoftheweek

Sod-Alutiiq Word of the Week
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Photo: Archaeologists sitting on a pile of sod blocks. King Salmon River area, Alaska Peninsula.

Sod — Nikiiq
Engluq nikiimek patumauq. – The house is covered with sod.

The lush grasses of Alaska’s coastal meadows produce more than just weaving material for Native people. The thick tangles of roots, which cling to deep underlying layers of soil, were...
https://alaska-native-news.com/74248-2/74248/
#alutiiq #museum #sod #wordoftheweek

Clean-Alutiiq Word of the Week
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Photo: Ouzinkie residents clean the community cemetary, 2020. AM905

Clean (to be) — Perinani; Eprinani
Nateq eprituq.—The floor is clean.

The Alutiiq word for clean comes from the root word pere- which means to be filthy! Add a negative post base and you get perinani, to not be filthy. This verb means to be clean. It is not used for the act of cleaning,...
https://alaska-native-news.com/74216-2/74216/
#clean #alutiiq #museum #wordoftheweek

Rose Hip-Alutiiq Word of the Week
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Photo: Dora Aga and grandchild collecting rose petals. Photo by Priscilla Russell, KANA Collection.

Rose Hip — Qelempaq
April-rem qelempaq caayuq pingaktaaraa. – April likes the rose hip tea.

The Nootka rose (Rosa nutkana) is a spindly shrub that grows in open areas throughout coastal Alaska. It is commonly found...
https://alaska-native-news.com/rose-hip-alutiiq-word-of-the-week/74107/
#rosehip #dora #aga #alutiiq #museum #wordoftheweek

Cockle/Clam-Alutiiq Word of the Week
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Photo: Christina Lukin opening clams. Afognak Village, ca. 1960. Chadwick Collection.

Cockle, Clam — Qahmaquq, Mamaayaq
Qahmaquryugtua. – I want some cockles.

Kodiak’s shores are encrusted with a wealth of intertidal organisms. Clams, cockles, whelks, mussels, sea urchins, chitons, limpets, and periwinkles are all...
https://alaska-native-news.com/cockle-clam-alutiiq-word-of-the-week/73955/
#alutiiq #clam #cockle #museum #wordoftheweek

Cockle/Clam-Alutiiq Word of the Week
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Photo: Christina Lukin opening clams. Afognak Village, ca. 1960. Chadwick Collection.

Cockle, Clam — Qahmaquq, Mamaayaq
Qahmaquryugtua. – I want some cockles.

Kodiak’s shores are encrusted with a wealth of intertidal organisms. Clams, cockles, whelks, mussels, sea urchins, chitons, limpets, and periwinkles are all...
https://alaska-native-news.com/cockle-clam-alutiiq-word-of-the-week/73955/
#alutiiq #clam #cockle #museum #wordoftheweek

Cockle/Clam-Alutiiq Word of the Week
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Photo: Christina Lukin opening clams. Afognak Village, ca. 1960. Chadwick Collection.

Cockle, Clam — Qahmaquq, Mamaayaq
Qahmaquryugtua. – I want some cockles.

Kodiak’s shores are encrusted with a wealth of intertidal organisms. Clams, cockles, whelks, mussels, sea urchins, chitons, limpets, and periwinkles are all...
https://alaska-native-news.com/cockle-clam-alutiiq-word-of-the-week/73955/
#alutiiq #clam #cockle #museum #wordoftheweek

Cockle/Clam-Alutiiq Word of the Week
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Photo: Christina Lukin opening clams. Afognak Village, ca. 1960. Chadwick Collection.

Cockle, Clam — Qahmaquq, Mamaayaq
Qahmaquryugtua. – I want some cockles.

Kodiak’s shores are encrusted with a wealth of intertidal organisms. Clams, cockles, whelks, mussels, sea urchins, chitons, limpets, and periwinkles are all...
https://alaska-native-news.com/cockle-clam-alutiiq-word-of-the-week/73955/
#alutiiq #clam #cockle #museum #wordoftheweek

Cockle/Clam-Alutiiq Word of the Week
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Photo: Christina Lukin opening clams. Afognak Village, ca. 1960. Chadwick Collection.

Cockle, Clam — Qahmaquq, Mamaayaq
Qahmaquryugtua. – I want some cockles.

Kodiak’s shores are encrusted with a wealth of intertidal organisms. Clams, cockles, whelks, mussels, sea urchins, chitons, limpets, and periwinkles are all...
https://alaska-native-news.com/cockle-clam-alutiiq-word-of-the-week/73955/
#alutiiq #clam #cockle #museum #wordoftheweek

Elder-Alutiiq Word of the Week
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Photo: Alutiiq Elder with cotton grass, photo by Priscilla Russell, KANA Collection. 

Elder — Cuqlliq

Cuqllit amlen'irtut maani awa'i. – There are not many Elders around anymore.

The world’s cultures respond to aging in very different ways. Some societies believe that the aged have less to contribute than the young, considering the...
https://alaska-native-news.com/elder-alutiiq-word-of-the-week/73239/
#alutiiq #wordoftheweek #elder #museum

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

Cod-Alutiiq Word of the Week-January 20th
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Photo: Freshly caught cod.

Cod — Amutaq

Amutarsuqutartuq. – They are going to get some cod.

Pacific cod or grey cod (Gadus marcocephalus) is an abundant, bottom-dwelling, round fish found widely in the Gulf of Alaska. These fast-growing, schooling fish are highly mobile. Cod winter in deep waters along the upper slope of the continental shelf,...
https://alaska-native-news.com/72164-2/72164/
#alutiiq #cod #museum #wordoftheweek

Snow-Alutiiq Word of the Week-December 31st
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Snow — Qaniq (falling), Aniuq (on ground)

Qaninguq. – It is snowing

Although the Kodiak Archipelago does not receive large quantities of snow, snow cover is present between December and March and remains in the region’s high interior mountains throughout the year. For Alutiiq people, frozen landscapes presented both opportunities and...
https://alaska-native-news.com/71760-2/71760/
#snow #wordoftheweek #alutiiq #museum

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

Birch-Alutiiq Word of the Week-November 5th
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Photo: Kenai birch tree near Karluk Lake.

Birch — Qasrulek, Uqgwik

Ikani uqgwit tak’ut. – The birch trees over there are tall.

The Kenai birch (Betula kenaica) is a deciduous tree with a grey, papery bark and pointed oval leaves. The Kenai birch grows in scattered groves around the Kodiak Archipelago. It is...
https://alaska-native-news.com/birch-alutiiq-word-of-the-week-november-5th/70682/
#alutiiq #birch #museum #wordoftheweek

Word of the Week: かぼちゃ
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秋(あき)の旬(しゅん)の野菜(やさい)と言(い)えば、かぼちゃ！ かぼちゃのアーティストと言えば 草間彌生 (くさまやよい/Yayoi Kusama)!

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