Title: Lost villages of the eastern Aleutians : Biorka, Kashega, Makushin /
Authors: Hudson, Ray, 1943-; Mason, Rachel, 1954-; United States.
Year: 2014
Subjects: Aleuts; Aleuts Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945; Ethnohistory Alaska Aleutian Islands.; Aleuts History.; Aleutian Islands (Alaska); Unalaska (Alaska); Aleutian Islands (Alaska) History.
Abstract: When World War II encircled the Aleutian Islands, the lives of the Unangax inhabitants and the communities they lived in were forever changed. Perhaps the most profound impacts were on three small traditional villages: Biorka, Kashega, and Makushin. Lost Villages f the Eastern Aleutians is the story of how these communities endured for centuries, how they survived the challenges of Russian and American ownership, and how war hastened their disappearance. It is the story of how the last generation to live in these villages made lasting contributions to an enduring culture and way of life."--Publisher's description.
Contents: Part One: Those old-time people. The three villages ; Darkness ; Respite ; Three villages under the Russian-American Company ; Ends and beginnings ; The lives of sea otter hunters ; Loss of the sea otter -- Part Two: the final decades. The last families ; An uncertain future ; Kashega ; Makushin ; Biorka ; Kashega : a green and pleasant place ; The agony of Makushin ; The approach of war ; The attack and evacuation ; A lake in the woods ; The return ; The legacy -- Epilogue : remembering and revisiting the lost villages.