Sugpiaq people

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The Sugpiaq people, also known as the Alutiiq, are an Indigenous group of Alaska Native peoples traditionally inhabiting the coastal regions of south-central Alaska, particularly Kodiak Island and the surrounding Gulf of Alaska.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Alaska Native people
Indigenous people
ethnic group
alsoKnownAs Alutiiq
Sugpiaq people
surface form: Alutiiq people

Pacific Gulf Yupik
colonialHistory Russian colonization of Alaska
contact with Russian explorers
colonialInfluence Russian Orthodox Church
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalCenterLocation Kodiak Island
surface form: Kodiak, Alaska
culturalInstitution Alutiiq Museum
culturalRegion North Pacific coast
subarctic
governingBodies Alutiiq tribes and village councils
heritageStatus distinct Alaska Native culture
language Alutiiq
surface form: Alutiiq language
languageBranch Yupik
surface form: Yupik languages
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut languages
modernResidence Kenai Peninsula coastal communities
Kodiak Island communities
Prince William Sound communities
primaryRegion Southcentral Alaska
surface form: south-central Alaska
recognizedAs federally recognized Alaska Native people
relatedEthnicGroup Aleut
surface form: Aleut people

Dene peoples
surface form: Athabaskan peoples

Inuit
surface form: Inupiat

Unangan people
Naukan Yupik
surface form: Yupik peoples
religion Christianity
Russian Orthodox Church
surface form: Russian Orthodox Christianity

traditional Indigenous beliefs
selfDesignation Sugpiaq
selfDesignationMeaning real people
traditionalCraft basketry
beadwork
kayak building
skin boat construction
wood carving
traditionalRegion Gulf of Alaska
surface form: Gulf of Alaska coast

Alaska Peninsula
surface form: Kenai Peninsula coast

Kodiak Island
Prince William Sound
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering wild plants
marine hunting
salmon fishing
sea otter hunting
seal hunting

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Alutiiq ethnicGroup Sugpiaq people
Chugach Mountains namedAfter Sugpiaq people
this entity surface form: Chugach people
Sugpiaq people alsoKnownAs Sugpiaq people
this entity surface form: Alutiiq people
Pacific Gulf Yupik distinctFrom Sugpiaq people
this entity surface form: Alutiiq people
Cook Inlet hasIndigenousConnection Sugpiaq people
this entity surface form: Sugpiaq (Alutiiq) people
Chugach State Park namedAfter Sugpiaq people
this entity surface form: Chugach people
Bristol Bay hasIndigenousGroup Sugpiaq people
this entity surface form: Alutiiq people
Russian colonization of the Americas colonized Sugpiaq people
this entity surface form: Alutiiq people
Cup’ig people relatedEthnicGroup Sugpiaq people
this entity surface form: Alutiiq people
Bristol Bay Borough hasIndigenousGroup Sugpiaq people
this entity surface form: Alutiiq people
Perryville ethnicGroup Sugpiaq people
this entity surface form: Alutiiq people
Kodiak Archipelago ethnicGroups Sugpiaq people
this entity surface form: Alutiiq (Sugpiaq) people
Port Lions ethnicGroup Sugpiaq people
this entity surface form: Alutiiq people
Ouzinkie ethnicCommunityOf Sugpiaq people
this entity surface form: Alutiiq people
Alutiiq Museum focusesOn Sugpiaq people
this entity surface form: Alutiiq people
Alutiiq Museum focusesOn Sugpiaq people
Alutiiq Museum ethnicGroupOfFocus Sugpiaq people
this entity surface form: Alutiiq people
Alutiiq Museum ethnicGroupOfFocus Sugpiaq people
Alutiiq Museum associatedWith Sugpiaq people
this entity surface form: Alutiiq (Sugpiaq) culture
Akhiok indigenousPeople Sugpiaq people
this entity surface form: Alutiiq people
Russian Orthodox missions targetPopulation Sugpiaq people
this entity surface form: Alutiiq people
Native Village of Afognak represents Sugpiaq people
Native Village of Afognak represents Sugpiaq people
this entity surface form: Alutiiq people
Koniag, Inc. ethnicGroupRepresented Sugpiaq people
Koniag, Inc. ethnicGroupRepresented Sugpiaq people
this entity surface form: Alutiiq people
Koniag, Inc. culturalAffiliation Sugpiaq people
this entity surface form: Sugpiaq (Alutiiq) people
Tatitlek traditionalInhabitants Sugpiaq people
this entity surface form: Alutiiq people
Tatitlek ethnicGroup Sugpiaq people
this entity surface form: Alutiiq people
Chenega ethnicGroup Sugpiaq people
this entity surface form: Alutiiq people
Chenega ethnicGroup Sugpiaq people
Larsen Bay ethnicComposition Sugpiaq people
this entity surface form: Alutiiq (Sugpiaq) people
Old Harbor indigenousPeople Sugpiaq people
this entity surface form: Alutiiq people
Kenai Peninsula traditionalInhabitants Sugpiaq people
Kenai Peninsula traditionalInhabitants Sugpiaq people
this entity surface form: Alutiiq people
Chenega Bay traditionalInhabitants Sugpiaq people
this entity surface form: Alutiiq people
Chenega Bay traditionalInhabitants Sugpiaq people
Chenega Bay ethnicGroup Sugpiaq people
this entity surface form: Alutiiq people
southern Alaska isInhabitedBy Sugpiaq people
subject surface form: Southern Alaska
this entity surface form: Alutiiq people