2024年8月5日 · The Alaska Natives who call the Aleutian Islands home are known as the Unangax̂. The commonly-known name Aleut was given to this group by Russian explorers who first contacted these Alaska Natives; however, the proper and self-given term for this group is Unangax̂, which translates roughly to “seasiders.”

Both the Aleuts and the islands are politically divided between the US state of Alaska and the Russian administrative division of Kamchatka Krai. This group is also known as the Unangax̂[5] in Unangam Tunuu, the Aleut language. [6] . There are 13 federally recognized Aleut tribes in the Aleut Region of Alaska. [7] .

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.

Unangam Tunuu “Go Fish!” in the Eastern dialect. To strengthen and preserve the Unangax̂ cultural heritage. 1131 East International Airport Rd. Anchorage Alaska 99518 Phone: (907) 276-2700 Toll Free: (800) 478-2742 Fax: (907) 279-4351 E-mail: [email protected].

Unangam tunuu is one major branch of the greater Eskimo-Aleut language family. The linguistic relationships within this larger family affirm ancestral connections going back thousands of years among a range of Native people in Alaska today, including Unangax̂, Inupiaq, Siberian Yup’ik, Sugpiaq (Alutiiq), and Yup’ik peoples.

2024年10月16日 · Beyond the struggles endured on an individual and community level, Unangax̂ culture at large survived the World War II era despite the passing of elders and interrupted access to traditional Unangax ways of life. Unangax̂ internment survivors and community members decided to take action and ask the government to address these injustices.

2023年2月23日 · The Unangax̂ (Aleuts) are an Alaska Native people that historically inhabited a few small villages in the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands. During World War II the remote Aleutian Islands, home to the Unangax̂ (Aleut) people for over 8,000 years, became a fiercely contested battleground in the Pacific.

2023年8月13日 · 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.

These two cultures are found in Southwest Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. Unangax̂ (Oo-nun-gahx) settlements are in the Aleutian Island Chain and Pribilof Islands, and Sugpiaq (Soog-pyack) are associated with Kodiak Island, Prince William Sound, the outer Kenai Peninsula, and part of the Alaska Peninsula.

The Native people of the Aleutian Islands are known by two names, Unangax̂ and Aleut, the former being how they refer to themselves in Unangam tunuu and the later being the name used by Russian explorers in the mid-1700s to several coastal peoples. Similarly, "Alutiiq" is the way Sugpiaq people say Aleut. Questions?