Aleuts
Bering Sea people
Aleuts are the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands, a volcanic chain extending westward from Alaska toward Russia.
The term also refers to their language, part of the Eskimo-Aleut family.
Traditionally marine hunters, Aleuts developed sophisticated kayak technology for pursuing seals and sea otters in harsh North Pacific waters.
The singular is Aleut: an Aleut elder, the Aleut language.
Aleutian Islands indigenous group
- IndigenousOriginal inhabitants of land
- AlaskaAmerica's frozen northwest
- NativeOriginal regional inhabitant
- BeringStrait linking two oceans
ancestry · tribe · people · community · heritage · descendants · population · ethnic
America's frozen northwest
- Bering SeaNorth Pacific marginal sea
- archipelagoChain of scattered islands
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
- volcanicOf fiery mountain origin
Pacific · Kodiak · subarctic · peninsula · coastline · islands · remote · isolated
Enclosed single-person watercraft
- sea otterMarine mustelid mammal
- huntingPursuing wild game
- fishingCatching aquatic creatures
- weavingInterlacing strands into fabric
basketry · bentwood · masks · ceremonies · dance · storytelling · elders · traditions
At risk of extinction
- revitalizationRestoring vigor or vitality
- dialectsRegional language variations
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- linguisticConcerning language study
preservation · fluency · immersion · dictionary · grammar · phonetics · speakers · documentation
Commercial exchange of animal skins
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- WWII1939-45 global conflict
- internmentWartime civilian imprisonment
- evacuationRemoval from danger
relocation · displacement · survival · resilience · contact · missionaries · disease · population decline
Unangan
Aleutian Islands indigenous group
- IndigenousOriginal inhabitants of land
- AlaskaAmerica's frozen northwest
- NativeOriginal regional inhabitant
Bering · ancestry · tribe · people · community · heritage · descendants · population · ethnic · minority
Alaska
America's frozen northwest
- Bering SeaNorth Pacific marginal sea
- archipelagoChain of scattered islands
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
volcanic · Pacific · Kodiak · subarctic · peninsula · coastline · islands · remote · isolated · chain
kayak
Enclosed single-person watercraft
weaving · basketry · bentwood · masks · ceremonies · dance · storytelling · elders · traditions · subsistence
endangered
At risk of extinction
- revitalizationRestoring vigor or vitality
- dialectsRegional language variations
- vocabularyOne's word collection
linguistic · preservation · fluency · immersion · dictionary · grammar · phonetics · speakers · documentation · oral tradition
fur trade
Commercial exchange of animal skins
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- WWII1939-45 global conflict
- internmentWartime civilian imprisonment
evacuation · relocation · displacement · survival · resilience · contact · missionaries · disease · population decline · land claims
Aleutscolonial administrators
Officials managing colonized territories
- Aleutian IslandsVolcanic arc below Bering Sea