Dig Afognak began in 1993 as part of a communitywide effort to regain, restore and carry forward the light of our ancestral Alutiiq culture. Archaeological research in the Kodiak Archipelago began in earnest following the ExxonValdez oil spill in Prince William Sound in 1989. With the cleanup of Alaskan shorelines following the disaster, many archaeological sites were being disturbed and valuable information lost. Storm waves, vandalism and time itself were working to destroy the archaeological record.

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