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Events

Plant Walk

with Gayla Pedersen

Spring Clean Up Day

Alutiiq Ancestors’ Memorial

Language Lessons

at the Language House

The Alutiiq Museum welcomes all people of all ages, heritages, and abilities to our events. For more information about an upcoming event, assistance with a special need, or to partner with the museum on an event, please contact Djuna Davidson, 844-425-8844.


Upcoming Events

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Bookmark Making

SPRING BREAK ACTIVITY

Looking for activities to keep your students busy over spring break? Join us to make Alutiiq Designs Bookmarks. This is a free event, open to the public. Everyone is welcome. 

Tuesday, March 19th, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
Visitors Center


Alutiiq/Sugpiaq Cultural Orientation

ONLINE PRESENTATION

The Alutiiq people have lived on Kodiak Island for 7,500 years. Our culture has adapted over time due to environmental, social, and political changes. Dehrich Isuwiq Chya shares an introduction in this online presentation open to all.

Thursday, March 21st, Noon
Zoom Link: https://zurl.co/6yeI 
Meeting ID: 884 4995 9723
Passcode: 242930


Collective Alaska Native Perspectives

WORKSHOP

Learn about cross-cultural communication, village protocols, collaborative management, Alaska Natives and U.S. laws, subsistence practices, and applied Traditional Ecological Knowledge.

Connect with and learn from Tribal members through building relationships and opening conversations among participants, mentors, presenters, and Tribal Elders. Sponsored by the CORaL Network, with presentations by the Alutiiq Museum.

April 8th – 10th
Afognak Center
300 Alimaq Drive, Kodiak


Beaded Cuff Workshops

WITH KAYLA MCDERMOTT

Learn to make an Alutiiq/Sugpiaq beaded cuff with supplies provided by the Alutiiq Museum and instruction from Alutiiq artist Kayla McDermott. Supported by the City of Kodiak.

Saturday, April 13, Noon – 3:00 pm
Saturday, April 20, Noon – 3:00 pm

All participants must register to participate. There are 25 spaces available each Saturday. They will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.


Imaken Ima’ut: From the Past to the Future

BOOK LAUNCH

Join us to celebrate the Alutiiq Museum’s latest publication—a history of Kodiak’s Alutiiq/Sugpiaq people written by local scholars.

  • Book Giveaway
  • Short Presentations

Thursday, April 18, Noon – 2:00 pm, Free
Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center Located at 402 Center Avenue


Kodiak Area Marine Science Symposium

POSTERS & PRESENTATIONS

Held every three years, this event brings together the Kodiak community and scientists to discuss important marine science and research impacting our well-being. Sponsored by Alaska Sea Grant.

April 23–26, 2024
Kodiak Marketplace
111 West Rezanof Drive

Schedule of Alutiiq Museum presentations TBD.


Cultural Support for Community Events

Celebrating and acknowledging Alutiiq/Sugpiaq heritage can be a valuable part of a community event and the museum has resources to help.

A lamp prepared for lighting


Lamp Lighting

The Alutiiq Museum has ancestral stone lamps that can be checked out for use at a lamp-lighting ceremony.  Contact Amanda Lancaster, 844-425-8844, to request the loan of a lamp.

Sunrise over the Kodiak Mountains


Land Acknowledgement

Land acknowledgments offer a commitment to understanding local history and Native homelands, as well as the treaties, tribal status, and governance of an area. Such acknowledgment is typically offered by a visitor to the region or a person who is not a member of the local Native community. This could be a non-Native person or someone from a different tribal nation. There is no single correct way to acknowledge indigenous lands and territories. As such, land acknowledgments should be carefully planned and customized. For example, they can be read aloud at gatherings or meetings, posted in meeting spaces, shared online, and included in printed materials.