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The Alutiiq Museum has published a new history of the Kodiak Alutiiq/Sugpiaq people. “Imaken Ima’ut — From the Past to the Future,” traces the history of Kodiak’s Native people over

The Alutiiq Museum & Archaeological Repository will raise its profile within Kodiak’s growing tourism economy with a new grant from the U.S. Forest Service and the American Indian Alaska Native

Kodiak’s Alutiiq Museum has been awarded a $143,460 federal grant to expand its efforts to attract more tourists. The money is from the American Indian

The Alutiiq Museum received a grant for $144,070 from the Institute for Museum and Library Services to develop a book of modern Native art. Museum staff

Star-Alutiiq Word of the Week-December 27th In the Alutiiq universe, stars live in the first of five consecutive sky worlds, closest to earth. This world is also home to the moon and northern lights, and the place where people go after dying for the fifth and final time. Like earth, this world has forests, rivers, and animals. Stars are believed to be the eyes of spirits, peering down at the earth through holes in the ground. Legend says each star is a man with one bright eye who lies face down...

With a $42,000 grant from the US Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak and the Alutiiq Museum are collaborating on a study of ancestral Alutiiq rock art. The project, which started in January, is helping museum archaeologists study areas with known or suspected petroglyphs. Petroglyphs, or rock carvings, are a traditional form […]