Annals of Astoria

Alan H. Hartley ahartley at D.UMN.EDU
Mon Jan 28 01:15:34 UTC 2002


Mike Cleven wrote:

> > Pacific Eskimo & Russian(?) ("Kodiak Indians"; hypothetical)
>
> Have to check my Alaskan culture-tribe maps; the Kodiak Peninsula's a
> bit far south for Pacific Eskimo (Yupiks?) and maybe a bit too far east
> for Aleut.  Anyone?

Pacific Eskimo (or Pacific Yupik), specif. Koniag (= Kodiak). Koniag is
an Aleut name for the Eskimo inhabitants of the Alaska Peninsula and
Kodiak Island; the source of Kodiak is unknown.

Alan



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