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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