Koniag, Inc.

Koniag, Inc., seeks to better document the Karluk One collection, housed at the Alutiiq Museum, through the creation of a seven-chapter monograph. Excavations from this site, before the Karluk River washed it away in the mid-1990s, have produced more than 20,000 objects, 70 percent of them made of organic materials such as wood, bone, ivory, antler, and even leather. There is currently no comprehensive publication on Karluk One and no place where Alutiiqs can easily access the details of ancestral culture preserved in this world-class collection. The Kal’unek – From Karluk project will unite the people who excavated the site, cared for its objects, and have been inspired by the collection to tell the Karluk One story. This project will develop a manuscript for a lasting, multivocal publication designed to document, contextualize, and share Karluk One with a general audience.