Lessons in Language and Culture
Weekly lessons on all things Alutiiq! Explore Alutiiq vocabulary and a wealth of cultural information.
Featuring the wisdom of Elders Nick Alokli, Florence Pestrikoff, Sophie Shepherd, and Victor Peterson. Hosted by Dehrich Chya, April Laktonen Counceller, Marya Halvorsen, and Michael Bach.
This Week’s Lesson
Iqallut tuqumaut. – The fish are dead.
Death in traditional Alutiiq society was followed by a set of rituals that moved the deceased from daily life to the afterlife. In the Alutiiq universe, people were reincarnated five times. After their fifth and final death, the human soul ascended to the fifth of the five sky worlds, an earth...
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