book chapter

Notes on the Islands of the Unalaska District

Russian-American Company • St. Petersburg • Published In 1840 • Pages:

By: Innokentii, Saint, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, Rossiisko-amerikanskaia kompaniia, Keen, B., Kardinelowska, Assya.

Abstract

The standard work on the Aleut by a Russian priest assigned to the Unalaska district of the Aleutian Islands. It is an extremely comprehensive work and covers almost all aspects of Aleut culture. The author was highly respected and revered by the people, and in his many years among them, he had an opportunity to learn their language and their way of life. Some bias exists due to the author's role of priest but by and large, his presentation is excellent. The entire volume is included in the Files with the exception of the few sections which deal exclusively with animal life (pp. 349-361; pp. 365-383; pp. 389-394; a set of tables in the unpaginated section at the end of the book. Veniaminov's report on the Aleutian Islands contains three separately paginated volumes. Volume I deals primarily with geography and at the time of the reproduction of Volume II, it had not been translated for the Files. Volume III deals with the Athin Aleuts and is included in the Files as source 65.

HRAF PubDate

2007

Region

North America

Sub Region

Arctic and Subarctic

Document Type

book chapter

Evaluation

Creator Type

Missionary

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

Leila S. Small ; 1950-1956

Field Date

1823-1834

Coverage Date

1823-1834

Coverage Place

Unalaska Island, Alaska, United States

Notes

Ivan Evsieevich Popov Veniaminov

This document consists of excerpts

Translation of: [Zapiski ob ostravakh Unalashkinskago otdiela]

Parts of this document were translated for the Cross Cultural Survey by B. Keen

Omitted sections were translated for HRAF by Assya Kardinelowska

Pages dealing with Inner Mongolia have been labelled /Communist Period/.

Veniaminov's mission was on Unalaska Island where he spent most of his time observing Aleut life. However he did travel to nearby islands and the Alaskan pennisula, and makes references to Aleut living on the Pribilof Islands, and the islands of Four Mountains, Unimak, Amak, and Umnak; all in the eastern Aleutian district. His history of the missions includes the Alaskan penninsula and Kodiak Island. (I.S., 2005)

LCCN

05000433

LCSH

Aleuts