Unangan/Unangas
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Alaska Native author discusses group identity for the indigenous peoples
of the Aleutian Archipelago - the Unangan/Unangas people as told by
Elders and recordings of those who lived before us
See the location of Pre-contact Tribes and Dialects of this area, view
current language statistics in the Aleutian & Pribilof Islands,
and Unangan words related to the sea.
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| An article discusses group identity for the indigenous peoples
of the Aleutian Archipelago as told by Elders and recordings of
those who lived before us. |
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| See locations of precontact tribes & dialects of the
Unangam language. *Map of Precontact Tribes & Dialects provided
courtesy Alaska Native Language Center & Moses L. Dirks. |
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| View data on language status from schools in the Aleutian
and Pribilof Islands as of October 10, 2000. Data compiled by
the Association of Unangan/Unangas Educators in collaboration
with Aleutian Region School District, the Pribilof School District,
the Aleutians East Borough School District, and Unalaska City
School District. Additional data is included from reports by Alice
Taff (1994), Panuu Hallamaa (1995) from a language grant study
by the Aleutian/Pribilof Islands Association. |
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| See an October 10, 2000 letter to the Alaska Native Language
Forum regarding the 2000 Alaska State mandate requiring school
districts to establish a Native Language Advisory Committee. |
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| A "Sweatshirt Project" vocabulary prepared
by Barbara Švarný
Carlson which gives a listing of nearly sixty Unangan Sea Words
(singular, dual, and plural listings). |
Listen to Anatoly Lekanof tell a story about Aleut
Internment provided courtesy of KNBA
*Unanga{ material provided
courtesy of Barbara Švarný
Carlson. Map 1: The Aleutian Chain provided courtesy Alaska Native Language
Center from book entitled Unangam Ungiikangin kayux TunusanginlUnangam
Uniikangis ama Tunuzangis/Aleut Tales and Narratives
by Knut Bergsland and Moses L. Dirks.
Alaskool Audio-Visual
Library
Unangam Tunuu Font on Alaskool
Alaskool Site Map
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