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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Native peoples of Alaska
ethnic group
affectedBy Russian fur trade
sea otter fur exploitation
alsoKnownAs Aleut
surface form: Aleuts
colonialContactPeriod 18th century
colonizedBy Russian Empire
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalRegion Pacific coast of North America
surface form: 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
Unangan
surface form: Unangax̂
partOf Alaska Natives
surface form: Alaska Native peoples
recognizedBy United States government
surface form: U.S. federal government
religion Russian Orthodox Church
surface form: 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
surface form: Aleutian Islands chain

Bering Sea
surface form: Bering Sea region

Northern Pacific Ocean
surface form: North Pacific Ocean region
traditionalWatercraft baidarka
iqyax̂
WWIIInternmentLocation Southeast Alaska camps

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Sugpiaq people relatedEthnicGroup Unangan people
Pribilof Islands ethnicGroup Unangan people
Attu Island formerInhabitants Unangan people
this entity surface form: Unangan (Aleut) people
Andreanof Islands historicalInhabitants Unangan people
this entity surface form: Unangan (Aleut) people
Unangam Tunuu spokenBy Unangan people
this entity surface form: Unangax̂ people