The Alutiiq language (also called Sugpiak , Sugpiaq , Sugcestun , Suk , Supik , Pacific Gulf Yupik , Gulf Yupik , Koniag-Chugach ) is a close relative to the Central Alaskan Yup'ik language spoken in the western and southwestern Alaska , but is considered a distinct language. It has two major dialects:
9-535: Old Harbor ( Alutiiq : Nuniaq ; Russian : Старая Гавань ) is a city in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska , United States. At the 2010 census the population was 218, down from 237 in 2000. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 26.5 square miles (68.7 km), of which 20.5 square miles (53.2 km) is land and 6.0 square miles (15.5 km), or 22.59%,
18-414: A household in the city was $ 32,500, and the median income for a family was $ 26,000. Males had a median income of $ 33,750 versus $ 23,750 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 14,265. About 30.8% of families and 29.5% of the population were below the poverty line , including 32.5% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those 65 or over. The Old Harbor Alliance has an economic plan for
27-451: Is offering classes using the " Where Are Your Keys? " technique. Consonants may be double and have geminated sounds (e.g. kk ; [kː] ). More consonants /ɾ~r, lʲ, rʲ/ can only be found in loanwords. All vowels except for /ə/ , are considered as full vowels, distinguished with vowel length. /ə/ does not lengthen, nor occurs into vowel clusters, but may tend to be devoiced as /ə̥/ next to other consonants. After voiceless consonants,
36-462: Is water. The community of Old Harbor has its origins in the era of Russian conquest . On August 14, 1784, Grigory Shelikhov with 130 Russian fur traders massacred (see Awa'uq Massacre ) several hundred Qik’rtarmiut Sugpiat tribe of Alutiiq men, women and children at Refuge Rock, a tiny stack island off the eastern coast of Sitkalidak Island . In Alutiiq, this sacred place is known as Awa'uq ("to become numb"). Old Harbor first appeared on
45-663: The Alutiiq population of 3,000 still speak the Alutiiq language. Alutiiq communities are currently in the process of revitalizing their language. In 2010 the high school in Kodiak responded to requests from students and agreed to teach the Alutiiq language. The Kodiak dialect of the language was spoken by only about 50 persons, all of them elderly, and the dialect was in danger of being lost entirely. As of 2014, Alaska Pacific University in Anchorage
54-527: The 1880 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village with 160 residents: 155 Inuit and 5 Creole (Mixed Russian and Native). It returned with 86 residents in 1890, all Native. It did not return again until 1920. It formally incorporated in 1966. As of the census of 2000, there were 237 people, 79 households, and 51 families residing in the city. The population density was 11.3 people per square mile (4.4 people/km). There were 111 housing units at an average density of 5.3 per square mile (2.0/km). The racial makeup of
63-407: The city was 13.08% White , 73.00% Native American , and 13.92% from two or more races. There were 79 households, out of which 44.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 32.9% were married couples living together, 13.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.2% were non-families. 26.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.8% had someone living alone who
72-647: The community. The Old Harbor School, a K-12 rural school, is operated by the Kodiak Island Borough School District . Alutiiq language The ethnonyms of the Sugpiaq-Alutiiq are a predicament. Aleut , Alutiiq , Sugpiaq , Russian , Pacific Eskimo , Unegkuhmiut , and Chugach Eskimo are among the terms that have been used to identify this group of Native people living on the Lower Kenai Peninsula of Alaska. About 400 of
81-463: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.00 and the average family size was 3.60. In the city, the age distribution of the population showed 39.7% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 19.0% from 45 to 64, and 4.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females, there were 127.9 males. For every 100 females of age 18 and over, there were 142.4 males. The median income for
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