Sugpiaq people

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Alaska Native people Indigenous people ethnic group

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.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Alutiiq people	3
Chugach people	2
Sugpiaq (Alutiiq) people	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Alaska Native people ⓘ Indigenous people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Alutiiq ⓘ Sugpiaq people ⓘ surface form: Alutiiq people Pacific Gulf Yupik ⓘ
colonialHistory	Russian colonization of Alaska ⓘ contact with Russian explorers ⓘ
colonialInfluence	Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalCenterLocation	Kodiak Island ⓘ surface form: Kodiak, Alaska
culturalInstitution	Alutiiq Museum ⓘ
culturalRegion	North Pacific coast ⓘ subarctic ⓘ
governingBodies	Alutiiq tribes and village councils ⓘ
heritageStatus	distinct Alaska Native culture ⓘ
language	Alutiiq ⓘ surface form: Alutiiq language
languageBranch	Yupik ⓘ surface form: Yupik languages
languageFamily	Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
modernResidence	Kenai Peninsula coastal communities ⓘ Kodiak Island communities ⓘ Prince William Sound communities ⓘ
primaryRegion	Southcentral Alaska ⓘ surface form: south-central Alaska
recognizedAs	federally recognized Alaska Native people ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Aleut ⓘ surface form: Aleut people Dene peoples ⓘ surface form: Athabaskan peoples Inuit ⓘ surface form: Inupiat Unangan people ⓘ Naukan Yupik ⓘ surface form: Yupik peoples
religion	Christianity ⓘ Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Gulf of Alaska coast Alaska Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Kenai Peninsula coast Kodiak Island ⓘ Prince William Sound ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence	fishing ⓘ gathering wild plants ⓘ marine hunting ⓘ salmon fishing ⓘ sea otter hunting ⓘ seal hunting ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Sugpiaq people → alsoKnownAs → Sugpiaq people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alutiiq people

Pacific Gulf Yupik → distinctFrom → Sugpiaq people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alutiiq people

Alutiiq → ethnicGroup → Sugpiaq people ⓘ

Cook Inlet → hasIndigenousConnection → Sugpiaq people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sugpiaq (Alutiiq) people

Bristol Bay → hasIndigenousGroup → Sugpiaq people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alutiiq people

Chugach Mountains → namedAfter → Sugpiaq people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chugach people

Chugach State Park → namedAfter → Sugpiaq people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chugach people