Culture

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 wood gathered on the treeless beaches of Cape Alitak.

Here and Present

12m 1s

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.

Episodes

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    Here and Present

    S1 E3 - 12m 1s

    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: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Lived Knowledge

    S1 E2 - 7m 49s

    The incredible engineering of traditional Alutiiq boats is just the beginning of what you learn when you try to build one.

  • Stories in Stone: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Stories in Stone

    S1 E1 - 7m 3s

    The stories cut into the granite of Kodiak Island reveal themselves as these petroglyphs face an uncertain future.

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