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The cape was surveyed in detail in 2011 by archaeologists from the Alutiiq Museum in Kodiak, at which time thirteen different petroglyph locations were identified, along with evidence of prehistoric habitation of the area. [4] The petroglyph site were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. [1]
Salmon drying. Alutiiq village, Old Harbor, Kodiak Island.Photographed by N. B. Miller, 1889. The Alutiiq (pronounced / ə ˈ l uː t ɪ k / ə-LOO-tik in English; from Promyshlenniki Russian Алеутъ, "Aleut"; [1] [2] [3] plural often "Alutiit"), also called by their ancestral name Sugpiaq (/ ˈ s ʊ ɡ ˌ b j ɑː k / SUUG-byahk or / ˈ s ʊ ɡ p i ˌ æ k / SUUG-pee-AK; plural often ...
The Alutiiq Museum is an outgrowth of the Kodiak Area Native Association's (KANA) culture and heritage division. [5] Founded in 1987, the division was designed to foster island-wide archaeological research, develop educational programs on Sugpiaq ~ Alutiiq culture, and promote workshops on Sugpiaq ~ Alutiiq language and arts. [2]
Petroglyph Beach State Historic Site is an Alaskan beach and public historical site with the highest concentration of Native American petroglyphs in the southeastern region of Alaska. Located on the shore of Wrangell, Alaska barely a mile out of town, it became a State Historic Park in 2000. At least 40 petroglyphs have been found to date. [1]
Sally Larsen, Apache/Alutiiq; Lee Marmon, Laguna Pueblo (1925–2021) Parker McKenzie, Kiowa (1897–1999) Larry McNeil, Tlingit/Nisga'a (born 1955) Shelley Niro, Mohawk (born 1954) Horace Poolaw, Kiowa (1906–1984) Camille Seaman, Shinnecock (born 1969) Sarah Sense, Chitimacha / Choctaw (born1980) Richard Throssel Cree (1882–1933)
Seeing the petroglyphs in person is a different experience, he said, from say, seeing depictions in a museum or photos. Seeing them in person gives a viewer a sense of the history and the ...
A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art.
The Awa'uq Massacre [4] [5] or Refuge Rock Massacre, [5] or, more recently, as the Wounded Knee of Alaska, [2] was an attack and massacre of Koniag Alutiiq (Sugpiaq) people in August 1784 at Refuge Rock near Kodiak Island by Russian fur trader Grigory Shelekhov and 130 armed Russian men and cannoneers of his Shelikhov-Golikov Company.