Aleuts - Wikipedia Aleuts ( ˌæ liːˈuːt ⓘ AL-ee-OOT; [4] Aleut: Unangan (west) or Unangas (east) Russian: Алеуты, romanized: Aleuty) are the Indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands, which are located between the North Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea
Aleut (Unangan) - Smarthistory The Unangan (Aleut) inhabit the Russian far east, the Aleutian island chain and into mainland Alaska The Unangan (Aleutic) people are well known for making wild-rye-grass basketry so closely and finely twined that it resembles linen Basketry was an ancient Unangan art form
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
Guide to the Unangan (Aleut) Language Collection - University of Alaska . . . Aleut, preferably known as Unangam Tunuu among native speakers, is the sole representative in the Aleut branch of the Eskimo-Aleut language family In Alaska, it is spoken on the Alaskan Peninsula west of Stepovak Bay; along the Aleutian Islands; and on the Pribilof Islands
The Unangan - Q Tribe Present-day Natives of Unalaska and most Aleutian Islanders prefer to identify as Unangan, or the people of the passes In the dialect of the eastern Aleutian Islands, the self-given term for this group of Native peoples is Unangan; in the western dialect, Unangas
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 ” History
Unangax̂ History and Culture - Aleutian Islands World War II . . . - NPS Unangax̂ culture is full of creative inventions and ingenious uses of natural materials The Unangax̂ have brought a vibrant culture and incredible resourcefulness to the Aleutian Islands since time immemorial The Alaska Natives who call the Aleutian Islands home are known as the Unangax̂
Aleut (Unangan) Ethnography - Unimak The Unangan people were called "Aleut" by the Russians and that name became the name used almost universally in western languages, even though it was not the name these people used for themselves
Aleut Culture and History (Unangan) - Native Languages of the Americas Aleut history is interesting and important, but the Aleuts are still here today, too, and we try to feature modern writers as well as traditional folklore, contemporary art as well as early museum pieces, and issues and struggles of today as well as the tragedies of yesterday