Who are the Alutiiq people (and how do you pronounce it?
Pronounced “A-LOO-tick” the Alutiiq people are Native Alaskans whose traditional homelands are Prince William Sound, the outer Kenai Peninsula, the Kodiak Archipelago, and the Alaska Peninsula. The Alutiiq people have lived in the Kodiak archipelago for more than 7,500 years. Their language is part of the Eskimoan language family and is mostly closely related to Yup’ik.