Aleut

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The Aleut live in the Pribilof and Aleutian Islands of Alaska. They made their living off the rich marine habitat, which supported a more complex society than the neighboring, closely-related Eskimos. Their population declined dramatically following contact with Russian explorers and fur traders in the second half of the 18th century, when they became engaged in the fur trade. In modern times the Aleut are involved in the commercial fishing industry.

Identifier

Region

• North America

Subregion

• Arctic and Subarctic

Subsistence Type

• hunter-gatherers

Samples

• EA
• SCCS

Countries

• United States

External Links

• Aleut (Binford Hunter-Gatherer) D-PLACE
• Aleut (Ethnographic Atlas) D-PLACE
• Aleut (Standard Cross-Cultural Sample) D-PLACE