Master kayakers of the Aleutian chain, the first Alaska Natives the Russians reached, whose hunting skill the promyshlenniki seized to drive the sea-otter trade.
Contact with Bering's men in 1741 began a catastrophe: forced labor, the crushed 1763–64 revolt, and disease cut the Unangax̂ by ~90%. The WWII internment scattered them again, yet they persist in the Aleut Corporation region to 2026.
The atlas holds 5 border frames for Unangax̂ (Aleut) — the shape you scrub through changes in 5000 BC · 1741 · 1799 · 1867 · 1971.
Broad archaeological survey including the Unangax̂/Aleut of the Aleutian chain.
Detailed history of the Russian conquest and conscription of the Unangax̂ in the fur trade.