Author, Artist & Indigenous Advocate
Creating connections at the shores of where ancient values & healing meet
Featured Books
Our Ways—A Parallel History: An Anthology of Native History, Reflection, and Story
Our Ways—A Parallel History: An Anthology of Native History, Reflection, and Story
Our Ways—A Parallel History: An Anthology of Native History, Reflection, and Story
A History of Kodiak Alutiiq Education chapter
by Dr. Alisha Drabek appears within this collection
Edited by Julie Cajune
Produced by Fulcrum Publishing
Iqsanim Ancirsuutii
Our Ways—A Parallel History: An Anthology of Native History, Reflection, and Story
Our Ways—A Parallel History: An Anthology of Native History, Reflection, and Story
Iqsani’s Trout Hook
Produced by the Alutiiq Museum & Archaeological Repository
Written by Dr. Alisha Drabek
Liitukut Sugpiat’stun—We Are Learning How to be Sugpiaq:
Our Ways—A Parallel History: An Anthology of Native History, Reflection, and Story
Liitukut Sugpiat’stun—We Are Learning How to be Sugpiaq:
Exploring Kodiak Alutiiq Literature
Through Core Values
Doctoral dissertation written by Dr. Alisha Drabek, shared via the Alaska Native Knowledge Network & CORE
Naama Amitatuk
Cuqllirpak Iqalluk Kiagmi
Liitukut Sugpiat’stun—We Are Learning How to be Sugpiaq:
Written by Alisha Drabek
Illustrated by Bruce Nelson
QBook App by KiwaDigital Media
Produced by Native Village of Afognak through a grant from Adminstration for Native Americans #90NL0530-02-00
Una Taquka’angcuk
Cuqllirpak Iqalluk Kiagmi
Cuqllirpak Iqalluk Kiagmi
This Little Bear
Written by Alisha Drabek
Illustrated by Sandee Drabek
QBook App by KiwaDigital Media
Produced by Native Village of Afognak through a grant from Adminstration for Native Americans #90NL0530-02-00
Cuqllirpak Iqalluk Kiagmi
Cuqllirpak Iqalluk Kiagmi
Cuqllirpak Iqalluk Kiagmi
The First Salmon of the Summer
Written by Alisha Drabek’s 2013 Kodiak High School (KHS) Alutiiq I Class
Illustrated by Bonnie Dillard’s KHS Art Class
QBook App by KiwaDigital Media
Produced by Native Village of Afognak through an ANA grant #90NL0530-02-00
Children’s Books
Alisha Drabek has written several children’s books set in her homeland, the Kodiak Alutiiq region of Alaska, including:
- Iqsani’s Trout Hook - historical fiction story in partnership with the Alutiiq Museum (2021)
- Naama Amituk? Where is the Weasel? (2014) (QBook)
- This Little Bear Went to the River (2013) (QBook)
- The First Salmon of the Summer (2013) (collaboration with Kodiak HS Alutiiq Language & Art students) (QBook)
- Red Cedar of Afognak: A Driftwood Journey (2004) (American Book Award & HAIL winner) Produced by the Native Village of Afognak (currently out-of-print)
Nonfiction
Alutiiq History & Culture
A History of Kodiak Alutiiq Education, chapter in Our Ways: A Parallel History: An Anthology of Native History, Reflection, and Story, edited by Julie Cajune, 2023
Symbolism in Alutiiq Graphic Arts, chapter 6 in
Igaruacirpet – Our Way of Making Designs, Alutiiq Museum, 2018
Alutiiq Education Resource website (content author, editor), 2013
Liitukut Sugpiat’stun: Exploring Kodiak Alutiiq Literature Through Core Values (dissertation), 2012
Qik’rtarmiut Alutiitstun/Sugt’stun: Teaching Resource Workbook (co-author, design & edited), 2009
Island Heritage Tours – Ouzinkie Tour Guide Training Manual for Spruce Island Development Corp. (SIDCO), 2009
Personal Essays & Reviews
Found in Translation: Learning How to Speak with My Ancestors, Sierra Magazine, Nov 9, 2018
Echoes from my Kodiak Alutiiq Ancestors, Center for Humans and Nature Blog, Apr 6, 2018
Meditations on the Loon’s Necklace — A Review of Craig Mishler’s The Blind Man and the Loon: The Story of a Tale, Alaska Journal of Anthropology (AJA) Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 77-78, 2013
Blending Indigenous Story and Science, Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues (JAII), 12:1-4, 2009
Alutiiq Language Revitalization
Keep Talking Film Viewer Discussion Guide, Vision Makers Media, 2018
Qik’rtarmiut Sugpiat Niugneret cali PatRiitat:
Kodiak Island Sugpiaq Words & Pictures Book,
aka Alutiiq Picture Dictionary, 1st edition, 2008; 2nd edition, 2012
Alutiiq Language website (content author, editor), 2011
see Island Ideal Blog/Kodiak Daily Mirror Articles