Aleuts
Sign in to saveAleuts ( ; (west) or (east) ) are the Indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands, which are located between the North Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea. Both the Aleuts and the islands are politically divided between the U.S. state of Alaska and the Russian administrative division of Kamchatka Krai. This group is also known as the Unangax̂ in Unangam Tunuu, the Aleut language. There are 13 federally recognized Aleut tribes in the Aleut Region of Alaska. In 2000, Aleuts in Russia were recognized by government decree as a small-numbered Indigenous people.
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The Aleuts are the Indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands, a chain stretching between the North Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea, whose territory and population are now split between Alaska and Russia. They matter as a distinct Indigenous group with their own language and cultural heritage, with 13 federally recognized tribes in Alaska and official recognition as a small-numbered Indigenous people in Russia.
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Key facts
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- 482
- Ethnic group.group
- Aleuts
- Ethnic group.native_name
- унаӈан (unangan)унаӈас (unangas)
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- Greany Attu Woman.jpg
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- Attu Aleut mother and child, 1941
- Ethnic group.region1
- United StatesAlaska
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 6,752
- Ethnic group.region2
- RussiaKamchatka Krai
- Ethnic group.languages
- English, Russian, Aleut
- Ethnic group.religions
- Eastern Orthodoxy , Animism
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- Inuit, Yupik, Sirenik, Sadlermiut, Alaskan Creoles
- Ethnonym.person
- Unangax̂
Article
31 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Language
- Tribes
- Population and distribution
- History
- After contact with Russia
- Contact with Japanese and uprising against Russians
- Aleut massacre against the Nicoleño Tribe in California
- World War II
- Japanese occupation
- Internment
- Population's decline
- Culture
- Housing
- Subsistence
- Ethnobotany
- Visual arts
- Tattoos and piercings
- Aleut clothing
- Gender
- Hunting technologies
- Boats
- Weapons
- Burial practices
- Notable Aleuts
- In popular culture
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Aleuts ( ; (west) or (east) ) are the Indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands, which are located between the North Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea. Both the Aleuts and the islands are politically divided between the U.S. state of Alaska and the Russian administrative division of Kamchatka Krai. This group is also known as the Unangax̂ in Unangam Tunuu, the Aleut language. There are 13 federally recognized Aleut tribes in the Aleut Region of Alaska. In 2000, Aleuts in Russia were recognized by government decree as a small-numbered Indigenous people.
== Etymology == In the Aleut language, they are known by the endonyms Unangan (eastern dialect) and Unangas (western dialect); both terms mean "people". The Russian term "Aleut" was a general term used for both the Native population of the Aleutian Islands and their neighbors to the east in the Kodiak Archipelago, who were also referred to as "Pacific Eskimos" or Sugpiat/Alutiit.