Illustrations by David Tucker, produced with support of the Munartet Project and the Alaska State Council on the Arts.
Gayla Pedersen harvests kelp in Chiniak Bay.
Plant Crafts
Learn how to harvest, clean, craft, and cook with Kodiak’s wild plants. This set of videos features a plant walk with culture bearer Gayla Pedersen and a series of tutorials. Make a healing salve from cottonwood buds. Turn rose petals into jam, pickle kelp, or flavor a syrup with spruce tips.
More Activities
ANIMAL MASKS
Copy animal faces to card stock then color and cut out a simple paper mask. Designed by Lena Amason.
ANIMAL MASK ACTIVITY
ANIMAL ORNAMENTS
Use our templates to cut, sew, and decorate felt ornaments in the shape of local animals. Designed by Sara Squartsoff.
COLORING
Color Alutiiq clothing, tools, animals, and landscapes with these coloring pages by Hanna Sholl.
DANGLE EARRINGS
Use beads and dentalium shells to make an elegant pair of earrings. Designed by LaRita Laktonen Ward.
GREETINGS
Add these Alutiiq greetings to your cards and emails.
HEADDRESSES
Use a paper template, string, and beads to make an Alutiiq headdress for a child or a doll.
CHILD’S HEADDRESS INSTRUCTIONS | DOLL HEADDRESS INSTRUCTIONS
HUNTING HAT ORNAMENTS
Foam, beads, wire, and markers can be transformed into miniature hunting hats. Designed by Sara Squartsoff.
PAPER MASKS
Create full-sized, three-dimensional Alutiiq-style masks with paper. Designed by Heather Ridgeway for the Juneau School District.
PARKAS
Make an Alutiiq parka for a doll or create a parka craft with felt and pipe cleaners.
PETROGLYPH ROCK PAINTING
Create your own rock art with paint, beach pebbles, and some Kodiak rock art images.
TEA
Host a tea party with Alutiiq tea and Russian tea.
Pililita! — Let’s Create
AN ALUTIIQ/SUGPIAQ ACTIVITY BOOK
Want to keep exploring? Our activity book is packed full of coloring pages, puzzles, crafts, games and recipes inspired by Kodiak’s Native culture. Send a message with pictographs, play Alutiiq Word games, make paper dolls, create a tea party, and much more. Designed especially for youth ages 8 to 12.
Watch for an activity from this book each month.