Stevi Frets and Max Pyles joke as they do the dishes at the S’unaq Tribe’s language house in Kodiak on Sept. 15, 2022. (Photo by Claire Stremple/KTOO) Half of the first language speakers of Kodiak ...

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 ...

Half of the people whose first language is Kodiak Alutiiq have died over the last few years. The Alaska Native Sun'aq Tribe estimates fewer than 20 remain, but that is not stopping new speakers from ...

KODIAK -- When buying a gold ring, it's easier to just go to the store instead of digging ore and smelting it yourself. As with rings, so it is with words. The Native village of Afognak is beginning a ...

began documenting the area's native language about four years ago. As part of the program, fluent elders and "semi-fluent" speakers are brought in to speak the language while staff members make ...

KODIAK, Alaska — Kodiak's Alutiiq Museum hopes to carve bigger spot on Alaska bookshelves as it prepares to release three new books based on its research and outreach. The books include a collection ...

The Alutiiq Museum in Kodiak, Alaska has a unique offering this holiday season: Two original Alutiiq winter songs and one very popular Austrian Christmas Carol translated from English into the Native ...

KODIAK, Alaska (AP) - Anchorage has been described as Alaska’s largest village, so it makes sense that it’s become a second home for the native language of the Kodiak archipelago. Beginning in ...

Staples native Michael Bach will speak on Alutiiq language and culture revitalization efforts from Southern Alaska at the next Cultural Thursday scheduled at noon, Dec. 4, in the Chalberg Theater at ...