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Alutiiq: Home.

For Sugpiat people, Kodiak Island, Alaska, is home.

But after generations of cultural minimization and now an uncertain climate future, what does home mean?

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.
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More than a decade in the making...

Working with Sugpiat Elders and cultural consultants, Producers Torsten Kjellstrand and Mark Blaine follow the stories of people and place from Seattle, Washington, to the far end of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska.

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Stories in Stone
Ep 1 | 7 minutes

The stories cut into the granite of Kodiak Island.

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Lived Knowledge
Ep 8 | 12 minutes

The incredible engineering of traditional Alutiiq boats.

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Here and Present
Ep 3 | 12 minutes

The food, the singing, and the dancing at the Akhiok Kids Camp.

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Alfred Naumoff, Elder

If you're away from home, you feel like you're missing something? That's how I felt when I was growing up.

To be able to open your eyes about our culture, that gave me a sense of belonging.

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