The coastal areas of southwest Alaska from Prince William Sound through the Aleutian Islands, the Kodiak Archipelago, and the Alaska Peninsula are the traditional homelands of the Unangax̂ and Alutiiq peoples. 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.
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Non-Fiction Books: Unangax̂ & Alutiiq History & Culture
The Aleutian Islands by Alaska Geographic Society
The Aleutian Islands : their people and natural history by Henry B. Collins
Aleuts in transition : A comparison of two villages by Dorothy Miriam Jones
Aleuts, survivors of the Bering Land Bridge by William S. Laughlin
Glory remembered : wooden headgear of Alaska sea hunters by Lydia Black
History, ethnology, and anthropology of the Aleut by Waldemar Jochelson
Lost villages of the eastern Aleutians by Ray Hudson
Making history : Alutiiq/Sugpiaq life on the Alaska Peninsula by Patricia H. Partnow
Pribilof Islands, Alaska : the people : a historical account told through illustrated biographies by Betty A. Lindsay and John A. Lindsay
When the wind was a river : Aleut evacuation in World War II by Dean Kohlhoff
Reference Materials
The Aleutian and Commander Islands and their inhabitants by Aleš Hrdlička
The history and ethnohistory of the Aleutians East Borough ed. by Richard A. Pierce, Katherine L. Arndt, and Sarah McGowan
Magazines & Journals
Arctic Anthopology - available at Loussac Library on microfilm 1962-2007; via EbscoHost Academic Search Premier 1993-present (12 month delay)
Additional Links & Materials
Alaska History & Cultural Studies: Aleut & Alutiiq
Alaska Native Knowledge Network: Aleut-Alutiiq-Unangan/s-Sugpiaq
Alaska State Library: Native & Indigenous Peoples
Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association
Aleutian Voices: Forced to Leave
The Alutiiq Museum: The Alutiiq/Sugpiaq People
National Park Service - Alaska Native Experiences: Unangax̂ and Aleut - people of the Aleutians
Niiĝuĝis maqaxtazaqangis : Atkan historical traditions
Smithsonian Institution Alaska Native Collections: Sugpiaq
Smithsonian Institution Alaska Native Collections: Unangax̂
Tanadgusim Adan Chiilulix: A Journey Home Documentary
