Unangan people

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The Unangan people, also known as Aleuts, are an Indigenous group of the Aleutian Islands and nearby regions of Alaska, traditionally renowned for their seafaring, marine hunting, and distinctive cultural and linguistic heritage.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Unangan people canonical 3
Unangan (Aleut) people 2
Unangax̂ people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Native peoples of Alaska
ethnic group
affectedBy Russian fur trade
sea otter fur exploitation
alsoKnownAs Aleuts
linked to: Aleut
colonialContactPeriod 18th century
colonizedBy Russian Empire
country United States
culturalRegion North Pacific Coast
Subarctic
experienced forced relocations during World War II
haveOrganization Aleut Corporation
Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association
inhabit Alaska Peninsula
Aleutian Islands
Pribilof Islands
Shumagin Islands
knownFor complex sea hunting technology
kayak craftsmanship
seafaring skills
language Unangam Tunuu
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut languages
nativeName Unangan
Unangax̂
linked to: Unangan
partOf Alaska Native peoples
linked to: Alaska Natives
recognizedBy U.S. federal government
religion Russian Orthodox Christianity
relocatedBy United States government
traditionalArt bentwood hunting hats
engraved ivory
wood carving
traditionalBeliefSystem animism
shamanism
traditionalClothing bird-skin parkas
gut-skin parkas
traditionalHousing semi-subterranean sod houses
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering wild plants
marine mammal hunting
sea otter hunting
seabird hunting
sealing
whaling
traditionalTerritory Aleutian Islands chain
linked to: Aleutian Islands

Bering Sea region
linked to: Bering Sea

North Pacific Ocean region
traditionalWatercraft baidarka
iqyax̂
WWIIInternmentLocation Southeast Alaska camps

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sugpiaq people relatedEthnicGroup Unangan people
Pribilof Islands ethnicGroup Unangan people
Attu Island formerInhabitants Unangan (Aleut) people
linked to: Unangan people
Andreanof Islands historicalInhabitants Unangan (Aleut) people
linked to: Unangan people
Unangam Tunuu spokenBy Unangax̂ people
linked to: Unangan people