Aleuts

For the language, see Aleut language. For other uses, see Aleut (disambiguation).

Aleuts
унаӈан (unangan)
унаӈас (unangas)
Attu Aleut mother and child, 1941
Regions with significant populations
United States
Alaska		6,752[1]
Russia
Kamchatka Krai		482[2]
Languages
English, Russian, Aleut[3]
Religion
Eastern Orthodoxy
(Russian Orthodox Church), Animism
Related ethnic groups
Inuit, Yupik, Sirenik, Sadlermiut, Alaskan Creoles
PersonUnangax̂
PeopleUnangan (east)
Unangas (west)
LanguageUnangam Tunuu
CountryUnangam Tanangin

Aleuts (/ˌæ.liːˈuːt/ ⓘ A-lee-OOT;[4] Russian: Алеуты, romanized: Aleuty) 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 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] In 2000, Aleuts in Russia were recognized by government decree as a small-numbered Indigenous people.[8]

  1. ^ "Aleut alone". factfinder.census.gov. US Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 14, 2020. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  2. ^ "ВПН-2010". gks.ru. Archived from the original on April 24, 2012.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference ethno was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Jones, Daniel (2011). Roach, Peter; Setter, Jane; Esling, John (eds.). Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (18th ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-15255-6.
  5. ^ We Are Unangax, archived from the original on May 10, 2023, retrieved May 10, 2023
  6. ^ "Unangax̂ (Aleut) & Alutiiq/Sugpiaq". Anchorage Public Library. Archived from the original on May 10, 2023. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
  7. ^ "List of Federally Recognized Tribes in the Aleut Region". ANCSA Regional Association. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  8. ^ "Aleuts". Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North. June 20, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2024.