Unangan
Alaska island natives
Unangan refers to the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, or their language.
The people are also known as Aleut, though Unangan is the preferred self-designation.
The term means "the people" in the Unangan language: The Unangan have inhabited the Aleutian chain for thousands of years.
North Pacific marginal sea
- AlaskaAmerica's frozen northwest
- KodiakAlaskan island and bear
- volcanic islandsLand formed by underwater eruptions
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
kelp forests · Arctic · North Pacific · sea cliffs · fog · windswept · remote
Enclosed single-person watercraft
- umiakInuit skin-frame vessel
- basketryArt of weaving containers
- ivory carvingSculpture from animal tusks
- seal huntingTaking pinnipeds for resources
whaling · subsistence · fishing · traditional dance · oral history · storytelling · shamanism · masks
Alaska archipelago native
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- Alaska NativeOriginal Arctic region inhabitants
- aboriginalIndigenous to a place
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
elders · descendants · community · tribe · clan · lineage · ancestry · ethnicity
Custom passed through generations
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- legacyWhat's passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
revitalization · elders · ancestral lands · repatriation · tribal sovereignty · identity · resilience · continuity
Speech risking complete extinction
- oral traditionCulture passed by speech
- place namesGeographic designations
- revitalizationRestoring vigor or vitality
- linguistsScholars of language structure
immersion · dictionary · grammar · dialects · indigenous language
Bering Sea
North Pacific marginal sea
- AlaskaAmerica's frozen northwest
- KodiakAlaskan island and bear
- volcanic islandsLand formed by underwater eruptions
tundra · kelp forests · Arctic · North Pacific · sea cliffs · fog · windswept · remote
kayak
Enclosed single-person watercraft
- umiakInuit skin-frame vessel
- basketryArt of weaving containers
- ivory carvingSculpture from animal tusks
seal hunting · whaling · subsistence · fishing · traditional dance · oral history · storytelling · shamanism · masks · regalia
Aleut
Alaska archipelago native
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- Alaska NativeOriginal Arctic region inhabitants
- aboriginalIndigenous to a place
ancestors · elders · descendants · community · tribe · clan · lineage · ancestry · ethnicity · inhabitants
tradition
Custom passed through generations
preservation · revitalization · elders · ancestral lands · repatriation · tribal sovereignty · identity · resilience · continuity · history
endangered language
Speech risking complete extinction
- oral traditionCulture passed by speech
- place namesGeographic designations
- revitalizationRestoring vigor or vitality
linguists · immersion · dictionary · grammar · dialects · indigenous language
- Arctic PeoplesInuit, Inuk, Aleut, Eskimo, Aleuts
- Alaska NativesAleut, Athabaskan, Athabascan, Haida, Inuit
- Eskimo-Aleut LanguagesInuktitut, Aleut, Inuit
- Aleutian IslandsCarlisle, Fire Island
UnanganInuit
Arctic indigenous people
Ainu · Haida · Athabascan