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Kaguyak Village
The Kaguyak Village is a federally recognized Alutiiq Alaska Natives, Alaska Native List of Alaska Native tribal entities, tribal entity. About Kaguyak Village is headquartered in the city of Akhiok, Alaska, Akhiok in the Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, Kodiak Island Borough of Alaska. As of 2005, the tribe had 9 enrolled citizens. History In the 21st century, the remains of five Native American bodies have been Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, repatriated to Kaguyak Village; three from Oregon State University and one each from the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, the Field Museum, and Michigan State University. Five remains of interest to Kayugak Village have not been repatriated; two at Harvard University and three at the Alaska Office of History and Archeology. See also *List of Alaska Native tribal entities References {{reflist External linksList of Federally Recognized Tribes in the Koniag Region ANCSA Regional Association Alutiiq tribe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alutiiq
The Alutiiq people (pronounced in English; from Promyshlenniki Russian Алеутъ, "Aleut"; plural often "Alutiit"), also called by their ancestral name ( or ; plural often "Sugpiat"), as well as Pacific Eskimo or Pacific Yupik, are a southern coastal people of Alaska Natives. Their traditional homelands include Prince William Sound and outer Kenai Peninsula (), the Kodiak Archipelago and the Alaska Peninsula (). In the early 1800s there were more than 60 Alutiiq villages in the Kodiak archipelago, with an estimated population of 13,000 people. Today more than 4,000 Alutiiq people live in Alaska. Terminology At present, the most commonly used title is (singular), (dual), (plural). These terms derive from the names (, ) that Russian fur traders and settlers gave to the native people in the region. Russian occupation began in 1784, following their massacre of hundreds of Sugpiat at Refuge Rock () just off the coast of Sitkalidak Island near the present-day village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
