essay

The Aleuts

peoples of siberia • Chicago • Published In 1964 • Pages: 884-888, 919

By: Antropova, Valentina Vasil'evna, Institut Etnografii Imeni N.N. Miklukho-Maklaia.

Abstract

This is a very brief survey of the culture history, foreign relations and economy of the Russianized Aleuts living on the Komandorskiy Islands (Bering and Medny Islands). The author compares and contrasts the life of the Aleuts as it existed in the early fur trade days before the Russian Revolution to its present status under the commune system. Despite the obvious bias on the part of the author in compiling his data, there is much incidental ethnographic information to be gleaned pertaining to clothing, house types, boats, population statistics, education (primarily under Soviet control), hunting and fishing

HRAF PubDate

2007

Region

North America

Sub Region

Arctic and Subarctic

Document Type

essay

Evaluation

Creator Type

Ethnologist

Document Rating

4: Excellent Secondary Data

Analyst

John Beierle ; 1965-1968

Field Date

no date

Coverage Date

1741-1938

Coverage Place

Komandorskiye Ostrova (Commander Islands), Russia

Notes

V. V. Antropova ; [Translated from the Russian by Scripta Technica, inc. English translation edited by Stephen P. Dunn]

Includes bibliographical references [in Russian]

LCCN

62018118

LCSH

Aleuts