Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Aleut
English answer:
The natives of Alaska and Aleutian Islands
Added to glossary by
humbird
Oct 31, 2005 20:50
18 yrs ago
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Aleut
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Anthropology
a group of people
probably a group of people who lived in the United Staes before the English settlers established there.
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| 5 +6 | The natives of Alaska and Aleutian Islands |
humbird
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| 4 +8 | Not only in the States :-) |
Drunya
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| 5 +5 | see note below |
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
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The natives of Alaska and Aleutian Islands
One of the original inhabitants of today's Alaska.
First European settlers who went to the region was not English. They wer Russians. The US purchased the entire region from Russia in 1867. Alaska joined the Union and became 49th State in 1959, thus these native people were put under the ruling of the US government.
For more info. see below.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleut
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Note added at 1 hr 55 mins (2005-10-31 22:45:55 GMT)
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A little correction -- these natives were placed under US control after US purchase in 1867.
Also, some Aluets lived in Kamchatska. These people were not Americans but Russians.
First European settlers who went to the region was not English. They wer Russians. The US purchased the entire region from Russia in 1867. Alaska joined the Union and became 49th State in 1959, thus these native people were put under the ruling of the US government.
For more info. see below.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleut
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Note added at 1 hr 55 mins (2005-10-31 22:45:55 GMT)
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A little correction -- these natives were placed under US control after US purchase in 1867.
Also, some Aluets lived in Kamchatska. These people were not Americans but Russians.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks"
+5
5 mins
see note below
from the encyclopedia www.thefreedictionary.com/aleut
A·leut (-lt, l-t)
n. pl. Aleut or A·leuts
1.
a. A Native American people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and coastal areas of southwest Alaska. The Aleut are related culturally and linguistically to the Eskimo.
b. A member of this people.
2. Either or both of the two languages of the Aleut. See Usage Note at Native American.
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A·leut (-lt, l-t)
n. pl. Aleut or A·leuts
1.
a. A Native American people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and coastal areas of southwest Alaska. The Aleut are related culturally and linguistically to the Eskimo.
b. A member of this people.
2. Either or both of the two languages of the Aleut. See Usage Note at Native American.
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Peer comment(s):
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swisstell
0 min
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| agree |
Elizabeth Lyons
: Unangans/"Aleuts" (Russian named) are certainly native to northern-most America (and other places) and culturally/linquistically/ethnically related not identical to Inuit.
9 mins
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Drunya
: Encyclopedias tend to know better :-)
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Balaban Cerit
18 mins
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humbird
: So called "Native Americans" are different group of peoples from Alaskan Eskimos (Inuits) and Aleuts. Do not mixed up terminology. That dictionary is incorrect and clearly written by someone who does not know Anthropology.
18 mins
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| agree |
Charlesp
1 hr
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Refugio
: Related culturally and linguistically to the Eskimo? That is mixed up.
1 hr
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+8
2 mins
Not only in the States :-)
That's an ethnic group belonging to the mongoloid race that migrated from Siberia to the States (that's why we have them both in Alaska and in Siberia (Russia))
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Note added at 17 mins (2005-10-31 21:08:02 GMT)
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Oops, it appears I mixed up who went where. It's the Russian Aleuts that came from Alaska, not vice versa. Sorry for that. I'll withdraw my answer shortly. :-(
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Note added at 17 mins (2005-10-31 21:08:02 GMT)
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Oops, it appears I mixed up who went where. It's the Russian Aleuts that came from Alaska, not vice versa. Sorry for that. I'll withdraw my answer shortly. :-(
Peer comment(s):
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Siegfried Armbruster
: Within forty-five years after Russian contact, the native Unangan or Aleut, as the world at large has come to call them...www.nps.gov/aleu/UnanganHistoryAndCulture.htm
6 mins
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NancyLynn
: from the Aleutian islands of western Alaska
12 mins
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Yes, you are quite right, I always have my geography wrong :-(
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Rachel Fell
: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleut and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleutian_Islands
15 mins
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| agree |
Maria Chmelarova
21 mins
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sarahl (X)
: north America, not the States, this happened way before lol
32 mins
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Bianca Jacobsohn
51 mins
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Charlesp
1 hr
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| agree |
Veronica Prpic Uhing
1 hr
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| disagree |
Refugio
: Maybe your answer should be reframed.
1 hr
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| disagree |
humbird
: People migrated FROM Siberia to America through Land Bridge, a dry land once existed in Berling Sea connecting Asia to America. Since there is no evidence of human habitation on the American side, it is academically safe to say people moved from Siberia.
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Vladimir Dubisskiy
: I would not disagree so hotly :-) nobody knows for sure anyway. What if they were walking there and back, living somewhere in-between (on the Bridge :-)))).
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jennifer newsome (X)
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