01957cam a2200301 4500 283101262 TxAuBib 20110311120000.0 110311s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781929650057 $10.00 1929650051 $10.00 TxAuBib Steffian, Amy F. Alutiiq Traditions : An Introduction To The Native Culture Of The Kodiak Archipelago / Amy F. Steffian & April Gale Laktonen Counceller. Kodiak, Alaska : Alutiiq Museum & Archaeological Repository, 2009. 48 p : softcover, thin booklet ; 28 cm. Includes bibliographical references. Alutiiqs are one of Alaska's least known Native people. An early and profoundly disruptive period of Western colonization led to a dramatic loss of life and cultural practices. By the time anthropologists visited the Alutiiq homeland in the 1930s, Alutiiqs have been participating in Western cultural and economic systems for nearly 150 years. Many Alutiiq practices had been abandoned or hidden, and researchers spent little time investigating Native culture. Until recently, much of the information on this remarkable people was stored in the memories of Elders, buried in archaeological sites, and filed in distant museums. For the Alutiiq community, this situation was frustrating. How could Native people, students, teachers, researchers, artists, and visitors study and perpetuate Alutiiq traditions with limited access to cultural information? 20110311. Kodiak Alutiiq Alaska. Social life and customs Alaska. North America Alaska Kodiak Archipelago. Alutiiq Traditions. Culture. Alaska. Alaska Native Culture. Alutiiq Museum & Archaeological Repository.