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Alutiiq Museum gets grant to study Sitkinak settlement


An Alutiiq Museum field team will launch a study of Alaska Native settlements on Sitkinak Island beginning today, thanks to a Alaska National Park Service grant, according to a museum news release.
The Tribal Heritage Grant, worth $49,301, was provided by Koniag Inc. and will support “a comprehensive archeological survey of Sitkinak’s state lands,” with a focus on the island’s coast to find and document ancestral villages.
Patrick Saltonstall, the museum’s curator of archaeology, will lead the field team.
Alutiiq Museum Executive Director April Laktonen Counceller thanked the state and Koniag for the grant and their partnership in the project. ....

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