#sugpiaq

[littlenapss]

Rhode Island School of Design. Join us for the opening celebration of this powerful exhibition exploring the deep cultural connections between Indigenous communities and seals. Featuring historic and contemporary works by Alaska Native and Inuit artists, the exhibition honors relationships across generations, homelands and waters.

Image: Linda Infante Lyons (Alutiiq, b. 1959) Isuwiq, Gaurdian of the Sea, 2025. Alaska Native Museum Sovereignty Collection. copyright Linda Infante Lyons

[willowbilly]

The Isuwiq Madonna by Linda Infante Lyons, 2021. Oil on canvas. [image source]

[atleastidbeacowboynamedsteve]

I found a book that has some tlingit legends & stuff & im just here like tearing up lol.

Like, I was never told any of these, or any other 1s. It just feels nice, and bittersweet and such.

[Image ID: the cover of a book illustrated in monochrome brown and off white. It shows a raven cawing with its claws holding a small tree branch. Behind the tree there is a totem pole. The book is titled "The Raven and the Totem; Traditional Alaska Native Myths and Tales" the credits read "Collected and edited by John E. Smelcer" and "illustrated by Larry Vienneau and Susie Bevins"/.End ID]

[Image ID: the praface of the preiviously mentioned book reading "preface: this volume Contains ethnographic narratives from the following alaska Native groups: Tlingit, Eskimo (Yupic, Sugpiaq, Inupiaq), and Athabaskan Indians. Volume II, to be published within the next couple years will include 'folktales' from the Aleut, Haida, Tsimshian, ans Eyak linguistic groups" /.End ID]

[slowtumbling]

Awa’uq: Where One Becomes Numb

Grey were the seas, and bitter blew the wind,Round cliff and crag where sea-birds wheel and cry;High stood the Rock, a refuge dreamed, a friend—Stark guardian set between the earth and sky. They came in fear, the mothers with their young,The elders bowed with seasons, slow of breath;They climbed its spine, with prayers upon the tongue,And thought the stone would stand between and death. But…

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[yourdailyqueer]

Storme Webber

Gender: Two spirit (she/they)

Sexuality: Lesbian

DOB: Born 1959

Ethnicity: First Nation (Sugpiaq - Alutiiq, Choctaw), black

Occupation: Artist, poet, curator, professor, producer

Note: In 2019 she was named a Seattle Living Legacy for building global awareness of the LGBTQ+, indigenous, Two Spirit, and Black populations of Seattle through her art, poetry, performances, and multimedia exhibits

[armthearmour]

In honor of the recently passed indigenous people's day, I have decided to devote all of today's posts to indigenous weapons of North America, specifically those on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Art of Native America exhibit.

I open with a weapon little seen, the atlatl, this one fashioned by the Alutiiq/Sugpiaq of Kodiak Island, modern Alaska, United States.

[mybebopsoul]

I love learning about different cultures! Source.  Popular    ho

[willowbilly]

Camouflage by Linda Infante Lyons, 2021. Oil on panel. [image source]