Aleut

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The Aleut are an Indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands and nearby regions, known for their seafaring culture, subsistence hunting, and distinct language and traditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Native people of Alaska
ethnic group
affectedBy Russian colonization of Alaska
fur trade
alsoKnownAs Unangan
Unangas
culturalTrait clan-based social organization
complex ceremonial life
oral tradition
seafaring expertise
use of skin-covered kayaks
historicalContactWith Russian Empire
Russian fur traders
language Aleut language
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut language family
nativeTo Alaska Peninsula
Aleutian Islands
Bering Sea region
Commander Islands
partOf Indigenous peoples of Alaska
linked to: Alaska Natives

Indigenous peoples of the Arctic
linked to: Alaska Natives
populationCenter Alaska Peninsula communities
Aleutian Islands
Pribilof Islands
region Russia
United States
relatedGroup Inuit
Yupik
linked to: Yugtun
religion Russian Orthodox Christianity
traditional animist beliefs
traditionalCraft baidarka construction
basket weaving
bone carving
fur clothing production
ivory carving
kayak building
skin boat making
stone tool making
traditionalEconomy fur trading
subsistence fishing
subsistence hunting
traditionalHousing barabaras
semi-subterranean sod houses
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering wild plants
marine mammal hunting
seabird hunting
writingSystem Cyrillic alphabet
linked to: Cyrillic script

Latin alphabet

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Alaska indigenousPeoples Aleut
Aleutian Islands ethnicGroup Aleut people
linked to: Aleut
Aleutian Islands indigenousLanguage Aleut language
linked to: Aleut
Eskimo–Aleut languages hasPart Aleut language
linked to: Aleut
Eskimo–Aleut languages hasSubfamily Aleut language
linked to: Aleut
Eskimo–Aleut languages ethnicGroup Aleut people
linked to: Aleut
Near Islands ethnicHistory Aleut (Unangan) people
linked to: Aleut
Sugpiaq people relatedEthnicGroup Aleut people
linked to: Aleut
Unangas hasAlternativeName Aleuts
linked to: Aleut
Unangas language Aleut language
linked to: Aleut
Unangas traditionalLanguage Aleut language
linked to: Aleut
Pribilof Islands language Aleut language
linked to: Aleut
Yupik relatedEthnicGroup Aleut
Islands of Four Mountains historicalInhabitants Aleut (Unangan) people
linked to: Aleut
Russian colonization of the Americas colonized Aleut people
linked to: Aleut
Akutan Island hasEthnicHistory Aleut (Unangan) people
linked to: Aleut
Umnak Island hasIndigenousPeople Aleut (Unangan) people
linked to: Aleut
Unimak Island historicalInhabitants Aleut (Unangan) people
linked to: Aleut
Atka Island inhabitedBy Aleut people
linked to: Aleut
Aleutians West Census Area hasIndigenousPeople Unangan (Aleut)
linked to: Aleut
Russian America demographicsIncluded Aleut people
subject linked to: Russian America (northwest)
linked to: Aleut
Aleutians East Borough ethnicGroup Aleut (Unangan) people
linked to: Aleut
Russian Alaska ethnicGroup Aleuts
linked to: Aleut
Unangan people alsoKnownAs Aleuts
linked to: Aleut
Russian Orthodox missions targetPopulation Aleut people
linked to: Aleut
Akutan, Alaska ethnicGroupPresence Aleut (Unangan) people
linked to: Aleut
Akutan, Alaska languagePresence Aleut (Unangam Tunuu)
linked to: Aleut
False Pass, Alaska hasIndigenousHeritage Aleut (Unangan)
linked to: Aleut
Unangam Tunuu spokenBy Aleut people
linked to: Aleut
Unangam Tunuu hasDialect Eastern Aleut
linked to: Aleut
World War II Aleut relocation appliesToEthnicGroup Aleut people
linked to: Aleut
Yupiit relatedEthnicGroup Aleut
Baidarka: The Kayak about Aleut people
linked to: Aleut
Saint Paul Island ethnicGroups Aleut (Unangan) people
linked to: Aleut
Russian Orthodox mission in Alaska targetedPopulation Aleut people
linked to: Aleut