Unangan

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Unangan are the Indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands, Pribilof Islands, and parts of the Alaska Peninsula, known for their maritime culture and rich seafaring traditions.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Unangan canonical 5
Unangax̂ 4
Atkan Aleut 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Native people of Alaska
ethnic group
affectedBy World War II Aleut relocation
colonizedBy Russian Empire
United States
country Russia
United States
culturalRegion Northwest Coast and Arctic borderlands
Subarctic
culturalRevitalization language preservation efforts
traditional arts revival
experienced Russian fur trade exploitation
hasAlternativeName Aleut
hasAutonym Unangan Tanangin
linked to: Unangan

Unangax̂
linked to: Unangan
inhabit Alaska Peninsula
Aleutian Islands
Commander Islands
Pribilof Islands
knownFor kayak technology
maritime culture
seafaring traditions
language Unangam Tunuu
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut languages
relatedEthnicGroup Alutiiq
Inuit
Yupik
religion Russian Orthodox Christianity
traditional animist beliefs
traditionalArt bentwood hunting hats
ivory carving
sea lion gut parkas
traditionalDiet fish
marine mammals
seabirds
shellfish
traditionalEconomy fur seal hunting
sea otter hunting
traditionalHousing semi-subterranean sod houses
traditionalRegion Bering Sea
North Pacific Ocean
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering
marine hunting
traditionalWatercraft iqyax
traditionalWatercraftType baidarka
writingSystem Cyrillic alphabet
linked to: Cyrillic script

Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Aleut alsoKnownAs Unangan
Fox Islands indigenousPeople Unangan
Alaska Natives hasSubgroup Unangax̂
linked to: Unangan
Unangan hasAutonym Unangax̂
linked to: Unangan
Unangan hasAutonym Unangan Tanangin
linked to: Unangan
Unangas hasAutonym Unangax̂
linked to: Unangan
Unangas hasAutonym Unangan
Unalaska Island ethnicGroup Unangan
Unangan people nativeName Unangax̂
linked to: Unangan
Unangan people nativeName Unangan
Unangam Tunuu hasDialect Atkan Aleut
linked to: Unangan