Events
Plant Walk
Spring Clean Up Day
Language Lessons
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.