Sugpiaq

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Indigenous people Native Alaskan people ethnic group

Sugpiaq are an Indigenous people of south-central Alaska, particularly Kodiak Island and the surrounding coastal regions, with a distinct Alutiiq language and maritime culture.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Chugach Sugpiaq 1
Koniag Sugpiaq 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Native Alaskan people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
affectedBy Russian Orthodox missions ⓘ
Russian colonization of the Americas ⓘ
surface form: Russian fur trade
colonialContactPeriod 18th century ⓘ
colonialContactWith Russian Empire ⓘ
contemporaryOrganization Alutiiq Museum ⓘ
surface form: Alutiiq Museum (Kodiak)

Koniag, Inc. ⓘ
Native Village of Afognak ⓘ
cultureType maritime culture ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasAlternativeName Alaska Peninsula Sugpiaq ⓘ
Alutiiq ⓘ
Alutiiq ⓘ
surface form: Koniag Alutiiq

Pacific Gulf Yupik ⓘ
hasSubgroup Sugpiaq self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Chugach Sugpiaq

Sugpiaq self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Koniag Sugpiaq

Cook Inlet ⓘ
surface form: Lower Cook Inlet Sugpiaq
indigenousTo Alaska Peninsula ⓘ
Kenai Peninsula ⓘ
Kodiak Island ⓘ
Prince William Sound ⓘ
south-central Alaska ⓘ
language Alutiiq ⓘ
surface form: Alutiiq language
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut languages ⓘ
partOf Alaska Natives ⓘ
surface form: Alaska Native peoples
region Gulf of Alaska ⓘ
surface form: Gulf of Alaska coast
relatedEthnicGroup Aleut ⓘ
Inuit ⓘ
surface form: Inupiat

Yupik ⓘ
religion Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
surface form: Russian Orthodox Christianity

traditional animist beliefs ⓘ
traditionalArt mask making ⓘ
skin sewing ⓘ
woodcarving ⓘ
traditionalClothingMaterial animal fur ⓘ
fish skin ⓘ
sea mammal skins ⓘ
traditionalEconomy sea otter hunting (historically) ⓘ
traditionalHousing plank houses ⓘ
semi-subterranean sod houses ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering of wild plants ⓘ
marine mammal hunting ⓘ
seabird hunting ⓘ
traditionalWatercraft kayak ⓘ
umiak-type open boats ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Alutiiq → alternativeName → Sugpiaq ⓘ
Alaska Natives → hasSubgroup → Sugpiaq ⓘ
Sugpiaq → hasSubgroup → Sugpiaq self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Koniag Sugpiaq
Sugpiaq → hasSubgroup → Sugpiaq self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chugach Sugpiaq
Yupik → hasSubgroup → Sugpiaq ⓘ