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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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