Half of the first language speakers of Kodiak Alutiiq died between 2020 and 2022.
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Kodiak’s Alutiiq museum publishes book of traditional stories
“Unigkuat—Kodiak Alutiiq Legends” chronicles traditional Alutiiq stories and legends. A digital edition will be available on Alutiiq Museum’s website.
Nanwalek is rapidly running out of water
The Kenai Peninsula village declared a water emergency on Tuesday. But a tribal council member says if there’s no significant rainfall this week, they could be completely dry by the weekend.
New Kodiak park dedicated to Alutiiq ancestors uprooted from their homeland
The Kodiak Alutiiq/Sugpiaq Repatriation Commission has been working for years to recover artifacts and human remains of the community’s ancestors.
Chugach Alutiiq teachers preserve language in villages
Two remote learning students just graduated from a Kodiak College Alutiiq language program. They’re striving to keep the language alive in Port Graham and Tatitlek, two villages where Alutiiq, or Sugpiaq, people speak the regional dialect of Chugach Alutii
Alutiiq language nest school enters first full semester
A preschool designed to immerse children in the Alutiiq language is about to enter its first full semester of classes. The Administration for Native Americans granted the Sun’aq tribe roughly $2 million dollars to establish the nest school. It wrapped up its pilot semester in May.