Aleuts - Wikipedia Aleut women sewed finely stitched, waterproof parkas from seal gut and wove fine baskets from sea-lyme grass (Elymus mollis) Some Aleut women continue to weave ryegrass baskets Aleut arts are practiced and taught throughout the state of Alaska
Aleut Incorporated on June 21, 1972, as one of 12 Alaska Native regional corporations established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, Aleut proudly represents over 4,000 Alaska Native shareholders primarily of Unangax̂ (Aleut) descent from the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands of Alaska
Aleut - New World Encyclopedia The Aleut (pronounced al-ee-oot) people were so named by Russian fur traders during the Russian fur trade period in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Their original name was Unangan , meaning "coastal people ”
Aleut | Language, Names, Traditions | Britannica Aleut, an Indigenous person of the Aleutian Islands and western portion of the Alaska Peninsula of northwestern North America The name Aleut derives from the Russian; the people refer to themselves as the Unangax and the Sugpiaq
Aleut Tribe History, Culture, and Facts - History Keen As they are traditionally called, the Aleuts (Unangan, Unangax, or Unangax) are the native people of the Aleutian islands of Alaska, Kamchatka Oblast, Russia, and the United States The Aleut people are kindred to the Inuit and Yupik people
Aleut - Summary - eHRAF World Cultures The origin of the name "Aleut" is uncertain It is possibly derived from the Olutorski tribe, on the Olutorsk River, in northeast Kamchatka, and was applied by early Russian fur hunters to residents of the Aleutian Islands But it may instead be derived from the Chukchee word for "island," aliat
Alaska Native Heritage Center | Alaska History and Cultural Studies The Aleut and Alutiiq peoples are maritime people obtaining most of their food and livelihood from the sea Historically, sea mammal hunters went to sea, sometimes traveled long distances in their skin covered iqyax qayaq or ‘bairdarka’, as they became known in Russian
Aleuts - Encyclopedia. com As an ethnonym, the term "Aleut" applies in modern literature to the inhabitants of the Aleutian Archipelago and their descendants elsewhere
Aleut Culture and History (Unangan) - Native Languages of the Americas As a complement to our Aleut language information, here is our collection of indexed links about the Aleut tribe and their society Please note that Aleuts and other indigenous Americans are living people with a present and a future as well as a past