The Kodiak Alutiiq /Sugpiaq Repatriation Commission has been working for years to recover artifacts and human remains of the community’s ancestors. As part of that effort, a new park in downtown Kodiak is dedicated to ancestors uprooted from their homeland. More than a thousand metal salmon cutouts, each representing a repatriated Alutiiq ancestor, cover the inside of the archway at …
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(Left to right) Alyssa Madrid, Margaret Roberts, and Candace Branson, past and present members of the Alutiiq Dancers. Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT Kayla Desroches/KMXT The traditional Alutiiq song and dance group, the Alutiiq Dancers, celebrates its 30th year this week. The group formed in 1987, and Margaret Roberts was one of its original members. They took inspiration from …
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On today’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches sits down with members of the Alutiiq Dancers past and present: Margaret Roberts, Candace Branson, and Alyssa Madrid. Original member Roberts shares the history of the group, which formed in 1987, and sheds some light on the significance of its upcoming 30 year celebration.
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