Koniag, Inc.

The Alutiiq Museum will undertake Qayaq AngIt'sqaq - The Returned Kayak Project to advance knowledge of Alutiiq kayaks and develop capacity to revitalize traditional kayak construction. This partnership with the Alutiiq Museum will update and enhance the museum's current kayak exhibit to feature a complete, nineteenth-century kayak from Harvard University's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. After developing the new exhibit, the museum will work with the Peabody to borrow, ship, and install the historic kayak. Project staff will develop a free public lecture series around the boat and exhibit themes, digitally record these lectures for the museum's archive and an online exhibit, and conduct evaluation to measure any change in patron knowledge of Alutiiq boating traditions and exhibit quality. Finally, the museum will work with community advisors to develop a plan for education programs related to kayak construction skills to implement during the boat's decade-long stay in Kodiak, AK.