Sugpiaq people

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The Sugpiaq people, also known as the Alutiiq, are an Indigenous group of Alaska Native peoples traditionally inhabiting the coastal regions of south-central Alaska, particularly Kodiak Island and the surrounding Gulf of Alaska.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Alaska Native people
Indigenous people
ethnic group
alsoKnownAs Alutiiq
Alutiiq people
linked to: Sugpiaq people

Pacific Gulf Yupik
colonialHistory Russian colonization of Alaska
contact with Russian explorers
colonialInfluence Russian Orthodox Church
continent North America
country United States
culturalCenterLocation Kodiak, Alaska
linked to: Kodiak Island
culturalInstitution Alutiiq Museum
culturalRegion North Pacific coast
subarctic
governingBodies Alutiiq tribes and village councils
heritageStatus distinct Alaska Native culture
language Alutiiq language
linked to: Alutiiq
languageBranch Yupik languages
linked to: Yupik
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut languages
modernResidence Kenai Peninsula coastal communities
Kodiak Island communities
Prince William Sound communities
primaryRegion south-central Alaska
linked to: Southcentral Alaska
recognizedAs federally recognized Alaska Native people
relatedEthnicGroup Aleut people
linked to: Aleut

Athabaskan peoples
linked to: Dene peoples

Inupiat
linked to: Inuit

Unangan people
Yupik peoples
linked to: Naukan Yupik
religion Christianity
Russian Orthodox Christianity
traditional Indigenous beliefs
selfDesignation Sugpiaq
selfDesignationMeaning real people
traditionalCraft basketry
beadwork
kayak building
skin boat construction
wood carving
traditionalRegion Gulf of Alaska coast
linked to: Gulf of Alaska

Kenai Peninsula coast
linked to: Alaska Peninsula

Kodiak Island
Prince William Sound
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering wild plants
marine hunting
salmon fishing
sea otter hunting
seal hunting

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Alutiiq ethnicGroup Sugpiaq people
Chugach Mountains namedAfter Chugach people
linked to: Sugpiaq people
Sugpiaq people alsoKnownAs Alutiiq people
linked to: Sugpiaq people
Pacific Gulf Yupik distinctFrom Alutiiq people
linked to: Sugpiaq people
Cook Inlet hasIndigenousConnection Sugpiaq (Alutiiq) people
linked to: Sugpiaq people
Chugach State Park namedAfter Chugach people
linked to: Sugpiaq people
Bristol Bay hasIndigenousGroup Alutiiq people
linked to: Sugpiaq people
Russian colonization of the Americas colonized Alutiiq people
linked to: Sugpiaq people
Cup’ig people relatedEthnicGroup Alutiiq people
linked to: Sugpiaq people
Bristol Bay Borough hasIndigenousGroup Alutiiq people
linked to: Sugpiaq people
Perryville ethnicGroup Alutiiq people
linked to: Sugpiaq people
Kodiak Archipelago ethnicGroups Alutiiq (Sugpiaq) people
linked to: Sugpiaq people
Port Lions ethnicGroup Alutiiq people
linked to: Sugpiaq people
Ouzinkie ethnicCommunityOf Alutiiq people
linked to: Sugpiaq people
Alutiiq Museum focusesOn Alutiiq people
linked to: Sugpiaq people
Alutiiq Museum focusesOn Sugpiaq people
Alutiiq Museum ethnicGroupOfFocus Alutiiq people
linked to: Sugpiaq people
Alutiiq Museum ethnicGroupOfFocus Sugpiaq people
Alutiiq Museum associatedWith Alutiiq (Sugpiaq) culture
linked to: Sugpiaq people
Akhiok indigenousPeople Alutiiq people
linked to: Sugpiaq people
Russian Orthodox missions targetPopulation Alutiiq people
linked to: Sugpiaq people
Native Village of Afognak represents Sugpiaq people
Native Village of Afognak represents Alutiiq people
linked to: Sugpiaq people
Koniag, Inc. ethnicGroupRepresented Sugpiaq people
Koniag, Inc. ethnicGroupRepresented Alutiiq people
linked to: Sugpiaq people
Koniag, Inc. culturalAffiliation Sugpiaq (Alutiiq) people
linked to: Sugpiaq people
Tatitlek traditionalInhabitants Alutiiq people
linked to: Sugpiaq people
Tatitlek ethnicGroup Alutiiq people
linked to: Sugpiaq people
Chenega ethnicGroup Alutiiq people
linked to: Sugpiaq people
Chenega ethnicGroup Sugpiaq people
Larsen Bay ethnicComposition Alutiiq (Sugpiaq) people
linked to: Sugpiaq people
Old Harbor indigenousPeople Alutiiq people
linked to: Sugpiaq people
Kenai Peninsula traditionalInhabitants Sugpiaq people
Kenai Peninsula traditionalInhabitants Alutiiq people
linked to: Sugpiaq people
Chenega Bay traditionalInhabitants Alutiiq people
linked to: Sugpiaq people
Chenega Bay traditionalInhabitants Sugpiaq people
Chenega Bay ethnicGroup Alutiiq people
linked to: Sugpiaq people
Southern Alaska isInhabitedBy Alutiiq people
subject linked to: southern Alaska
linked to: Sugpiaq people