Chugach

Chugach
Sugpiaq
Chugach man in traditional dress
Regions with significant populations
 United States (Alaska)12,113[1]
Languages
Alutiiq (Also known as Sugt'stun) (Chugach dialect), English
Related ethnic groups
Koniag Alutiiq, Yup'ik

Chugach /ˈɡæ/, Chugach Sugpiaq or Chugachigmiut is the name of an Alaska Native people in the region of the Kenai Peninsula and Prince William Sound on the southern coast of Alaska. The Chugach people are an Alutiiq (Pacific Native) people who speak the Chugach dialect of the Alutiiq language.

  1. ^ "Chugach." First Alaskans Institute. Accessed 5 Feb 2014.