Unangan (Aleut) peoples
Unangan (Aleut) peoples appears on the timeline as a people or culture of Arctic and Greenland (North America) from c. 2500 BCE to the present, a span of 4,524 years. Its people spoke Eskimo-Aleut languages (Inuit, Yupik, Aleut, Thule, Dorset (Paleo-Eskimo)).
Sea mammal hunters of the Aleutian Islands who built semi-subterranean houses and skin kayaks. Russian fur traders forced them into service after 1750 and their numbers fell by about 80 percent.
See Unangan (Aleut) peoples on the interactive timeline
Facts
- Dates
- c. 2500 BCE to the present
- Duration
- 4,524 years
- Type
- People or culture
- Region
- Arctic and Greenland, North America
- Language family
- Eskimo-Aleut
Events in North America during its time
- Paleo-Eskimos settle the eastern Arctic
- Maize reaches the Southwest
- Poverty Point earthworks built
- Hopewell exchange network at its height
- Erik the Red settles Greenland
- Norse reach Vinland
- Cahokia grows into a city
- The Great Drought
Neighbours in North America
- United States
- New France
- Thirteen Colonies
- Norse Greenland
- Rupert's Land (Hudson's Bay Company)
- Comanche empire (Comancheria)
- Dominion of Canada
- British North America
- French Louisiana
- Russian America
Elsewhere in the world at the same time
- Minoan civilization
- Republic of Venice
- Byzantine Empire
- Byzantine Empire
- Swahili city-states
- Ghana Empire (Wagadu)
- Holy Roman Empire
- Kingdom of Aksum
- Srivijaya
- Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty)
Questions
When did Unangan (Aleut) peoples exist?
c. 2500 BCE to the present, about 4,524 years. These dates are approximate, because the evidence for its beginning or end is uncertain.
Where was Unangan (Aleut) peoples?
Arctic and Greenland, in North America.
What language did Unangan (Aleut) peoples speak?
Eskimo-Aleut. This family includes Inuit, Yupik, Aleut, Thule, Dorset (Paleo-Eskimo).