Open skin boats of the Aleutians, Kodiak Island, and Prince William Sound

• Published in: Études/Inuit/Studies
• Main Author: Anichtchenko, Evguenia
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Association Inuksiutiit Katimajiit Inc. 2012
• Subjects: Kamchatka Peninsula; Aléoutes; aleut; Archipelago; Études/Inuit/Studies; Îles Aléoutiennes; Kamchatka; Kodiak; sugpiaq; sugpiat; Alaska; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1015958ar; https://doi.org/10.7202/1015958ar

This article examines the relationship between the open skin boat (umiak) traditions of the Unangax/Aleut who inhabited the Aleutian Islands and the Sugpiat of Kodiak Island and Prince William Sound, the two southernmost Indigenous Alaskan peoples who used such watercraft. In a larger geographical c...