Facts about the Aleut indigenous peoples of northern Alaska and Russia. Includes information about their traditions, myths, social activities, the development of their culture, methods of hunting and gathering, rituals, and their daily lives.
In the mid-nineteenth century Katya, a Russian girl whose stepmother is Aleut, and Miyacha, a native Kashaya girl, trade knowledge about their cultures as they play together in and near Fort Ross, a Russian settlement in northern California. Includes historical information about the fort.
An Aleutian Islander recounts her suffering during World War II in American internment camps designed to "protect" the population from the invading Japanese.
An Aleutian Islander recounts her suffering during World War II in American internment camps designed to "protect" the population from the invading Japanese.
Discusses the history, culture, and religion of the Inuit and the Aleuts, their place in American society, and the problems they face as an ethnic group in North America.