Aleuts

Also known as Aleut, Unangan, Unangas, Aleutians, Alyoots, Anĝaĝin, Unangin, Unung'un

Aleuts ( ; (west) or (east) ) are the Indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands, which are located between the North Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea. Both the Aleuts and the islands are politically divided between the U.S. state of Alaska and the Russian administrative division of Kamchatka Krai. This group is also known as the Unangax̂ in Unangam Tunuu, the Aleut language. There are 13 federally recognized Aleut tribes in the Aleut Region of Alaska. In 2000, Aleuts in Russia were recognized by government decree as a small-numbered Indigenous people.

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The Aleuts are the Indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands, a chain stretching between the North Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea, whose territory and population are now split between Alaska and Russia. They matter as a distinct Indigenous group with their own language and cultural heritage, with 13 federally recognized tribes in Alaska and official recognition as a small-numbered Indigenous people in Russia.

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Ethnic group.pop2: 482
Ethnic group.group: Aleuts
Ethnic group.native_name: унаӈан (unangan)унаӈас (unangas)
Ethnic group.image: Greany Attu Woman.jpg
Ethnic group.caption: Attu Aleut mother and child, 1941
Ethnic group.region1: United StatesAlaska
Ethnic group.pop1: 6,752
Ethnic group.region2: RussiaKamchatka Krai
Ethnic group.languages: English, Russian, Aleut
Ethnic group.religions: Eastern Orthodoxy , Animism
Ethnic group.related c: Inuit, Yupik, Sirenik, Sadlermiut, Alaskan Creoles
Ethnonym.person: Unangax̂
Ethnonym.people: Unangan (east)Unangas (west)
Ethnonym.language: Unangam Tunuu
Ethnonym.country: Unangam Tanangin

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Contents

Etymology
Language
Tribes
Population and distribution
History
After contact with Russia
Contact with Japanese and uprising against Russians
Aleut massacre against the Nicoleño Tribe in California
World War II
Japanese occupation
Internment
Population's decline
Culture
Housing
Subsistence
Ethnobotany
Visual arts
Tattoos and piercings
Aleut clothing
Gender
Hunting technologies
Boats
Weapons
Burial practices
Notable Aleuts
In popular culture
See also
Notes
References
Further reading
External links

== Etymology == In the Aleut language, they are known by the endonyms Unangan (eastern dialect) and Unangas (western dialect); both terms mean "people". The Russian term "Aleut" was a general term used for both the Native population of the Aleutian Islands and their neighbors to the east in the Kodiak Archipelago, who were also referred to as "Pacific Eskimos" or Sugpiat/Alutiit.