Alaska Native NewsCockle/Clam-Alutiiq Word of the Week
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Photo: Christina Lukin opening clams. Afognak Village, ca. 1960. Chadwick Collection.
Cockle, Clam — Qahmaquq, Mamaayaq
Qahmaquryugtua. – I want some cockles.
Kodiak’s shores are encrusted with a wealth of intertidal organisms. Clams, cockles, whelks, mussels, sea urchins, chitons, limpets, and periwinkles are all...
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Cockle/Clam-Alutiiq Word of the Week - Alaska Native News
Cockle, Clam — Qahmaquq, Mamaayaq Qahmaquryugtua. – I want some cockles. Kodiak’s shores are encrusted with a wealth of intertidal organisms. Clams, cockles, whelks, mussels, sea urchins, chitons, limpets, and periwinkles are all available in quantities. Alutiiq people harvested these resources throughout the year, but they were particularly important in the late winter and early […]