page_title: Aleut
section_title: Tribes
hierarchical_section_title: Aleut / Tribes
caption_attribution_description: Illustration of men's and women's dress, Aleutian Islands, ca. 1820 from http://content.lib.washington.edu/cgi-bin/viewer.exe?CISOROOT=/alaskawcanada&amp;CISOPTR=809&amp;CISORESTMP=&amp;CISOVIEWTMP=
context_page_description: The Aleuts, who are usually known in the Aleut language by the endonyms Unangan, Unangas, Унаӈан, are the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands.
  Both the Aleut people and the islands are divided between the US state of Alaska and the Russian administrative division of Kamchatka Krai.
context_section_description: The Aleut (Unangan) dialects and tribes:
  Attuan dialect and speaking tribes:
  Sasignan (in Attuan dialect) / Sasxnan (in Eastern dialect) / Sasxinas (in Western dialect) or Near Islanders : in the Near Islands (Attu, Agattu, Semichi).
  Kasakam Unangangis (in Aleut, lit. «Russian Aleut») or Copper Island Aleut : in the Commander Islands of Russian Federation (Bering, Medny).
  ? Qax̂un or Rat Islanders : in the Buldir Island and Rat Islands (Kiska, Amchitka, Semisopochnoi).
  Atkan dialect or Western Aleut or Aliguutax̂ (in Aleut) and speaking tribes:
  Naahmiĝus or Delarof Islanders : in the Delarof Islands (Amatignak) and Andreanof Islands (Tanaga).
  Niiĝuĝis or Andreanof Islanders : in the Andreanof Islands (Kanaga, Adak, Atka, Amlia, Seguam).
  Eastern Aleut dialect and speaking tribes:
  Akuuĝun or Uniiĝun or Islanders of the Four Mountains : in the Islands of Four Mountains (Amukta, Kagamil).
  Qawalangin or Fox Islanders : in the Fox Islands (Umnak, Samalga, western part of Unalaska).
  Qigiiĝun or Krenitzen Islanders : in the Krenitzin Islands (eastern part of Unalaska, Akutan, Akun, Tigalda).
  Qagaan Tayaĝungin or Sanak Islanders : in the Sanak Islands (Unimak, Sanak).
  Taxtamam Tunuu dialect of Belkofski.
  Qaĝiiĝun or Shumigan Islanders : in the Shumagin Islands.
caption: Customary Aleut dress
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