Unangan

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Indigenous people Native people of Alaska ethnic group

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.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Unangax̂ 3
Unangan Tanangin 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Native people of Alaska ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
affectedBy World War II Aleut relocation ⓘ
colonizedBy Russian Empire ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
country Russia ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalRegion Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Coast and Arctic borderlands

Subarctic ⓘ
culturalRevitalization language preservation efforts ⓘ
traditional arts revival ⓘ
experienced Russian fur trade exploitation ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Aleut ⓘ
hasAutonym Unangan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Unangan Tanangin

Unangan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Unangax̂
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 Church ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form: North Pacific Ocean
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
marine hunting ⓘ
traditionalWatercraft iqyax ⓘ
traditionalWatercraftType baidarka ⓘ
writingSystem Cyrillic script ⓘ
surface form: Cyrillic alphabet

Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Aleut → alsoKnownAs → Unangan ⓘ
Unangan → hasAutonym → Unangan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Unangax̂
Unangan → hasAutonym → Unangan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Unangan Tanangin
Unangas → hasAutonym → Unangan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Unangax̂
Unangas → hasAutonym → Unangan ⓘ
Alaska Natives → hasSubgroup → Unangan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Unangax̂
Fox Islands → indigenousPeople → Unangan ⓘ