Eyak

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The Eyak are an Indigenous people of south-central Alaska whose traditional homeland centers around the Copper River delta and adjacent Gulf of Alaska coast.

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Label Occurrences
Eyak canonical 11

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalArea Northwest Coast ⓘ
Subarctic ⓘ
culturalOrganization Eyak Preservation Council ⓘ
demographicStatus very small population ⓘ
environmentalConcern Copper River salmon fisheries ⓘ
linked to: Copper River salmon

habitat protection in Copper River Delta ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
federallyRecognizedTribe Native Village of Eyak ⓘ
governingBody Native Village of Eyak ⓘ
historicalEvent impacts from American colonization ⓘ
impacts from Russian colonization ⓘ
smallpox epidemics ⓘ
language Eyak language ⓘ
languageFamily Na-Dene language family ⓘ
linked to: Na-Dene
languageRevitalizationEffort Eyak dictionaries and grammars ⓘ
Eyak language classes ⓘ
Eyak language documentation projects ⓘ
languageStatus moribund in 20th century ⓘ
languageSubfamily Athabaskan–Eyak–Tlingit ⓘ
lastNativeSpeaker Marie Smith Jones ⓘ
lastNativeSpeakerDied 2008 ⓘ
modernCenter Cordova, Alaska ⓘ
notableLinguist Michael E. Krauss ⓘ
populationTrend decline after European contact ⓘ
recognizedBy Bureau of Indian Affairs ⓘ
region south-central Alaska ⓘ
linked to: Southcentral Alaska
relatedEthnicGroup Alutiiq ⓘ
Athabaskan peoples ⓘ
linked to: Athabascan peoples

Tlingit ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Indigenous beliefs ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalHomeland Copper River Delta ⓘ
Gulf of Alaska coast ⓘ
traditionalHousing plank houses ⓘ
semi-subterranean houses ⓘ
traditionalSettlement Controller Bay area ⓘ
Cordova, Alaska area ⓘ
linked to: Cordova, Alaska

Eyak Lake area ⓘ
Katalla, Alaska area ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence berry gathering ⓘ
marine mammal hunting ⓘ
salmon fishing ⓘ

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