A Qayaq to Carry Us
Sugpiat people come home to Kodiak Island to learn and build Indigenous knowledge near ancestral petroglyphs. Merging Indigenous knowledge with western science, Dr. Sven Haakanson and other Sugpiat people in Akhiok pass along the ingenuity of traditional knowledge in a living context to young Sugpiat while building a kayak from
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Stories in Stone
The stories cut into the granite of Kodiak Island reveal themselves as these petroglyphs face an uncertain future.
The stories cut into the granite of Kodiak Island reveal themselves as these petroglyphs face an uncertain future.
Here and Present
The food, the singing, and the dancing at the Akhiok Kids Camp is a reminder of a dynamic and vital present for four generations of Alutiiq families.
The food, the singing, and the dancing at the Akhiok Kids Camp is a reminder of a dynamic and vital present for four generations of Alutiiq families.
Lived Knowledge
The incredible engineering of traditional Alutiiq boats is just the beginning of what you learn when you try to build one.
The incredible engineering of traditional Alutiiq boats is just the beginning of what you learn when you try to build one.
Stories in Stone
The stories cut into the granite of Kodiak Island reveal themselves as these petroglyphs face an uncertain future.
The stories cut into the granite of Kodiak Island reveal themselves as these petroglyphs face an uncertain future.
Here and Present
The food, the singing, and the dancing at the Akhiok Kids Camp is a reminder of a dynamic and vital present for four generations of Alutiiq families.
The food, the singing, and the dancing at the Akhiok Kids Camp is a reminder of a dynamic and vital present for four generations of Alutiiq families.
Lived Knowledge
The incredible engineering of traditional Alutiiq boats is just the beginning of what you learn when you try to build one.
The incredible engineering of traditional Alutiiq boats is just the beginning of what you learn when you try to build one.