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A storm clouds above, vii
Adak Island, viii, 2 (map), 17, 105 and World War II, 14–17
Adams, Lauren, 17 Aleutian Pribilof 3 (AP3) (fishing craft), 48
adaptation, and survival, 98 Aleutian Pribilof 4 (AP4) (fishing craft), 108, 108
Agattu Island, 129 Aleutian Pribilof 5 (AP5) (fishing craft), 48
airfields, 15, 17, 32, 44, 47, 50 Aleutian Pribilof Island Community Development
airports, 32, 105 Association (APICDA), 43, 46, 51, 108
air traffic, volcanic eruptions and, 115 Aleutian red fox, 60
Akun Head, 82 Aleutian World War II Visitor Center, 105
Akun Island, 34 Aleut language, 46, 89
Akutan Harbor, 32, 34, 37, 41, 108 See also Unangam Tunuu language
Akutan Island, x, 2 (map), 34 (map), 59 (map) Aleut Tales and Narratives (Dirks and Bergsland), 6
Akutan Pass, x, 118, 126 Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository,
Akutan Village, vii, 21, 34, 34–41 Kodiak, 11
Akutan Volcano, x, 34, 118 Alyeska Seafood, 104, 111
Akuu&^&gun people, 1, 2 Amaknak Bridge site, Analaska Island, 8
Alaska, as U.S. territory, 1 Amason, Alvin, 79
Alaska Commercial Company, 34 Amchitka Island, 2 (map), 17
Alaska Federation of Natives High School Student Amelia Island, 2 (map), 42 (map)
Council, 73 American era, 5
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, 125, 126, Anangula Island, archaeological site, 50
127, 129 Andreanof Islands group, 2 (map), 42 (map)
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), 25, antler carvings, 89
72 archaeological sites, 8
Alaska Peninsula, vii Arctic Sea (crab boat), 101
Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO), 115, 118 arctic squirrels, 49
alcohol and alcoholism, 50, 53, 59, 61 Arctic temperatures, changes in, 101
Aleut, use of word, viii army boots, 17
Aleut artifacts, 73 artillery site, Unalaska Island, 13
Aleut Corporation, 25 ash cloud, 115
Aleut Dictionary project, 6 Asian population, in Unalaska, 21
Aleutian arc subduction zone, 116 assimilation, as death for culture, 23
Aleutian cackling goose, 129 Atka Island, 2 (map), 42 (map)
Aleutian Canada goose project, 47 history of, 42
Aleutian foxes, ix, 46 landing strip, 44
Aleutian Islands relocation of Attuans, following release by
climate of, 132 Japanese, 19
and control of Pacific Ocean, 14 Atka Pride Seafoods, 42–43, 47, 107
dispersed communities of, ix Atka Village, vii, 42–48
environment and life, 22 deaths related to evacuation, 18
environment of, 125 destruction and rebuilding of, 19
first settlers of, 9 fleet of fishermen from, 103
geology of, 115–116 new and old villages, 42–43, 45
groundcover, 132 village life in, 21
native culture and life, 22 Attu Island, 2, 2 (map), 17, 19
plant life of, 132–134 Audubon Society, xii
regions of, xv autumn dawn, Iliuliuk Bay, 97
seasons of, 7
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autumn hues, 135 boarding schools for Native children, 18, 59
autumn sunrise, Iliuliuk Bay, 20 boardwalks, Akutan Island, 34, 35, 40
Bonanza (fishing vessel), 48, 110
B bone harpoon tips and fishooks, 9
Baby Islands, x bone needles, 9
bald eagles Borenin, John, 37
above Summer Bay, 76 Borenin, Zenia, 37
adult and juvenile, 28, 128–129 Bourdukofsky, Peter, 63, 65–66
in fight for silver salmon, 70 bridge to the other side, 111
fishing, 29 Brunklaus, Annemiek, 66
on flagpole, 68 Buldir Island, 47
in flight, xiv Bunker Hill, Unalaska Island, 15
ice-encrusted, in flight, 31 Bureau of Indian Affairs, 5
juvenile, 19, 31, 46 burial mask, 10
near Iliuliuk Bay, viii, 23
pair, 135 C
pair in flight, 52 Campfire people, 58
in snow, 5 camping, 58
Bank, T. P., 10 Camp Qungaayu&^&x, 4, 46
Bank, Ted II, 57 beach seining, 88
barabara, 56 as beneficiary of book proceeds, xii
barge, in Dutch Harbor, 68 butchering a seal, 6
baskets, 84, 85 goal of, 61
bathhouse, 36 kayak construction at, 91
Baxter, Lucian, 109 in Darin Krukoff's essay, 58
beach seining, 88, 88 and oral history, 92
bentwood hats and visors, xv, 79–81 skills, traditions, and values taught at, 77, 90
Bentwood II Symposium, 79 Cape Morgan, Akutan Island, 35
Bentwood Symposium II, 81 caribou, 129
Bereskin, Carmen, 6 carvings, reindeer antler, 89
Bereskin, Diane, 40 catcher-processor ships, 111
Bereskin, Tom, 37 cattle, 129
Bereskin, Travis, 40 Caucasian population, in Unalaska, 21
Bergsland, Knut, 6 Chadwick, Jerah, xv
Bering, Vitus, 1, 4 Chaluka Mound, 49, 50
Bering Sea Chaluka Native Corporation, 50, 55
from artillery site, 13 Chaluka village site, 50
destinations for sport fishermen, 28 Chelan Banks, 127
Berone, Tony, 105 Chester (dog), 58
Bezezekoff, George, 56 childhood pastimes, 73
bird beak labrets, 9 Chirikov, Aleksei, 4
bird restoration projects, 47 Christianson, Sullivan, 107
bird species, 125, 127, 129 Christmas Day starring service, 39
See also individual bird species Chuginadak Island, xi, xvi, 1, 114, 115
Bishop's House, Unalaska, 23, 63 Chuginadak Volcano (Mount Cleveland), xi, xvi, 1,
Black, Lydia, 80 114–115, 116, 122
black oystercatchers, xii churches of Unalaska, 66
black rock bass, 29 Clark, Bob, 66
Blessing of the Fleet service, 66 cliffs of Unalga Island, x
bluebell, 133 Coast Guard bell, 72
blueberries, 133, 134 cod, 73
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Cold Bay, Alaska Peninsula, vii cruise ship at, 67
commerce, 4, 9, 34, 97, 99–100 Japanese attacks on, 15
commercial craft in Dutch Harbor, 112 port of, 14, 71, 97, 111
commercial fishing, 43, 97 waterfront lights, 20
commercial sport fishing, 28 Dutch Harbor Fisherman (newspaper), 106
container ships, 69, 111 dwarf dogwood, 134
Cook, James, 98
crab boats, 98–103 E
crab pots, 99 eagles near Iliuliuk Bay, 134
crab processing, 35, 104 economy
Crater Creek, 121 on Akutan Island, 35–36
Crater Creek waterfalls, ix, 119 of Atka, 43
crested auklet, in breeding plumage, 125 families with children and, 104
cruise ship at Dutch Harbor spit, 67 foundation of, 97
cultural camp. See Camp Qungaayu&^&x modern, vs. traditional values, 103
culture of Nikolski, 50, 55
on Akutan Island, 36 quest for new income, 105
changes in, resulting from military occupation, 19 of Unalaska, 60, 100
Inuit, 9 ecotourism, 51
and life in Aleutian Islands, x, 1, 22 education. See schools
maintenance of traditions, 24, 61 emperor geese, xii, 123
tribal system, following WWII, 59 employment opportunities, 50, 59
Unangam Tunuu language in, 23 Ermeloff, Afenogin, 57
essays, by Unanga&^&x boys, 58
D evacuation camps, 18
dancing seals carving, 89 evacuation of Natives during World War II
Davis, Richard, 11 Akutan residents, 35
DeGraffenried, Alice, 58 Atkans and, 42
DeGraffenried, Jade, 58 effects of, 18–19, 24, 99
DeGraffenried, Jaron, 58 Nick Galaktionoff and, 93
DeGraffenried, Matthew, 58 as most damaging event in modern era, 1
DeGraffenried, Samuel, 58 restitution for, 25
Dehn, Jonathan, 115 and Russian Orthodox faith, 61
Delarof Islands, 2 (map) as shared experience, vii
Dickrell, Jeff, 17 Sandra Willhite and, 53
Dirks, George, 44 Evermann's rock ptarmigan, 129
Dirks, June McGlashan "Aleut Woman," 74
Dirks, Larry, 95 F
Dirks, Michael, 96 False Pass, Unimak Island, vii
Dirks, Moses L., viii, 6, 58, 95, 95 Federal Aviation Administration weather facility, 50
Dirks, William Henry, 44 ferry system, 67
Dirks, William S., Jr., 44 fireweed, 133
drugs, in Unalaska, 61 fish. See individual species
Dushkin, Arnold, 50, 51 fishermen, 28, 28, 47, 103
Dushkin, Julia, 65 fishing, 29
Dushkin, Pauline, 55, 58 at Camp Qungaayu&^&x, 90
Dushkin, Val, 55 cod and halibut, 73
Dutch Harbor commercial, 43, 97
commercial craft in, 112 equipment maintenance, 105
community of, on Unalaska Bay, 24 Nick Galaktionoff on, 92
crab boats, 100, 102 halibut, 35
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fishing (continued) H
hand-line, 89 hair seals, 96
in Unalaska Bay, 75 halibut, 29, 73, 110
at Volcano Bay, 28 halibut fishing, 35
foreign species, on Alaska Maritime National Hancock, Jeff, 17
Wildlife Refuge, 129 hand-line fishing, 89
Fort Glenn, Umnak Island, 16, 17 harlequin ducks, 125
foxes harpoon points from Amaknak Bridge site, 9
Aleutian, ix, 46, 60 heating fuel, on Akutan Island, 37
introduction of, 42, 97, 129 Herbert Volcano, 116
red, 51 herring, 109
removal of, 47 herring boat in Iliuliuk Bay, 106
Fox Islands group, 2 (map), 59 (map) hiking trails, Unalaska, 61
fumaroles, xi, 116 Holm, Bill, 81
fur seals, 4, 24, 42, 97 Holy Ascension of Our Lord Cathedral, Unalaska, 4,
fur trade, 4, 34, 99 23, 64–65
Hoover, John, 79
G Hope, Alice, 85
Galaktionoff, Joe, 96 Hope, Bob, 16
Galaktionoff, John, 92–93, 96 horses on Umnak Island, 51, 129
Galaktionoff, Nick, 93 housing, in Unalaska, 59
Galaktionoff, Nicky, 92–93 Hrdlick&v&a, Aleš, 10
Galanin, Alex, 86 Hudson, Ray, 84
geology of the Aleutians, 115–116 humpback whale, 24, 130
Giddings, Al, 122 Humpy Cove, 27, 91
gill net rig, 93 hunger, in Unalaska, 59
glaucous-winged gull, viii hunting, 37, 95–96
Glotov, Steven, 57 hunting hat, 80
Golley, Jennie, 85
Golley, Nadesta, 85 I
Golodoff, Arnold, 42, 45 icons, Russian, 64
Golodoff, Arnold, Jr., 45 Icy Lake, Unalaska Island, 62
Golodoff, Ben, 92 Iliuliuk Bay
Golodoff, Melissa, 45 autumn morning, 23
Golodoff, Suzi, 92, 134 birdseye view, 111
Goose (seaplane), 28, 32, 32–33, 41 Blessing of the Fleet, 66
Gordieff, Moses, xv crab boats, 98
grass weaving, 84 herring boat, 106
Gregory, Dave, 58 old village of Unalaska on, 59
Gregory, O. Patricia Lekanoff, 6, 80 porpoises feeding, 67
Gronholdt, Andrew, 79, 81 schoolyard overlooking, 73
groundfish, 100 Iliuliuk Harbor, 111
ground squirrels, 129 International Date Line, 42
Grumman, Leroy, 32 Inuit cultures, 9
Grumman Goose (seaplane), 28, 32, 32–33, 41 Isaalux Bridge, 74
gull eggs, gathering, 82–83 Islands of Four Mountains, 1, 2 (map), 49, 52, 114,
Gustafson, Ariel, 26 116
Gyrfalcon (tugboat), 66 Ivanov, S. V., 81
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J Makushin Volcano, 117
Japanese invasion, 2, 17, 19, 42 Margaret Lyn (fishing boat), 105
Jesse Lee Home, 66 McGlashan, Carter, 73
Johnson, Dwight, 50, 51 McGlashan, Cody, 91
Jordan, Richard, 11 McGlashan, George, 35
McGlashan, Hugh, Sr., 34
K McGlashan, Kanesia, 73
Kalekta Bay, 92 McGlashan, Katherine, 73
Kamchatka lily "stinky flower" "rice root," 133 McGlashan, Keifer, 73
Kanaga Island, 2 (map) Memorial Day ceremony, 72
Kashega Village, and evacuation, 18 middens, 8
Kasitochi Volcano, 122 missionaries, xi, 63, 66
kayak construction, 91 Mitchell, Billy, 14
Kerr, Agrafina Dushkin, 56, 78 Moments Rightly Placed (Hudson), 84
Kerr, Scott, 78 Monument House, 57
Killisnoo evacuation camp, 18 monument to Natives displaced during World War II,
King, Courtney, 40 18
King Cove, Alaska Peninsula, vii Moore, Richard, 115
king crab fisheries, 60, 100, 101 Mount Ballyhoo, 20, 71, 91, 111
kinnikinnick, 132 Mount Carlisle, 1
Kiska Island, 2 (map), 17 Mount Cleveland, xi, xvi, 1
Knecht, Rick, 11 See also Chuginadak Volcano (Mount Cleveland)
Korovin, Ivan, 4 Mount Gilbert, 82
Korovin Volcano, 43 Mount Herbert, xvi, 1
Krenitizin Island group, 34 (map) Mount Newhall, 111–112
Krukoff, Darin, 22, 58 Mount Recheshnoi, 49, 119
Krukoff, Vinny, 58 Mount Vsevidof, 49, 119
Kudrin, Dora, 73 mummification, practiced by Unangan, 10
Kvinge, Jorn, 101 Museum of the Aleutians, 11, 17, 85
Kyle, Tanya, 56–57 Myers, James, 115–116
L N
labrets, 9 Naahmi&^&gus people, 2
land, subsurface rights to, 25 Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, 72
landing strips. See airfields Native Heritage Center, Anchorage, 26
Langsdorf, Georg H. von, 79 Nazan Bay, Atka Island, 42, 45, 47
Laverdure, Mike, 60 Nazan Harbor, Atka Island, 43, 47
Laysan albatross, 127 Nazan Inn, Atka Island, 43
LeClair, Max, 95 Near Islands, 2 (map)
Lee, Jesse, 66 Nelson, Allan, 105
Lekanoff, Nick, 80 Nelson Lagoon, Alaska Peninsula, vii
Lestenkof, Vince, 58, 58, 89, 89 Netzvetov, Iakov, 4
Lewis, Ricky, 96 Nevzoroff, Annlillian, 26
Lokanin, Chris, 110 Nevzoroff, Kathleen, 89
Lokanin, Margaret, 85 Nevzoroff, Louis, 89
lupine, along Summer Bay Road, 21 Nevzoroff, Louise, 26
Nevzoroff, Trinity "Little One," 89
M newcomers, Native perspective on, 25
Makarin, Ann Borenin, 84 Newhall, Albert W., 66
Makushin Bay, 58 Nicolaysen, Kirsten Parker, 122
Makushin Village, and evacuation, 18 Nii&^&gis people, 2
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Nikolski Bay, 49 population
Nikolski Lake, 32–33 of Atka, 42
Nikolski Village, Umnak Island, 49–58 of Nikolski, 55
aerial view, 54 of Unalaska, 21, 59, 100
character of, 49 of Unanga&^&x people, 1, 9
from a distance, xiii, 49 Pribilof region, xv
landing strip at, 32, 50 Priest Rock, Unalaska Island, 128
in region of focus, vii Prokopeuff, Larisa, 26, 87
Rex and Sandra Wilhite in, 53 Prokopeuff, Millie Nevzoroff, 46
school, 55, 58 Prokopeuff, Olean, 85
and subsistence values, 103 puffins, xii
village life in, 21 Pyramid Peak, Unalaska Island, 60, 62
North American plate, Bering portion of, 116
northern (Pacific) fulmars, 125, 127 Q
Norway rats, 129 Qagaan Taya&^&gungin people, 2
Notes on the Islands of the Unalashka District Qawalangin Tribe, 2, 61, 72, 90
(Veniaminov), xi See also Camp Qungaayu&^&x
Qa&^&xus people, 2, 5
O Qigii&^&gun people, 2
Okmok Caldera, ix
Okmok Volcano, 120–121, 122 R
Okmok Volcano Caldera, 119 Rat Island, 2 (map), 5, 129
O'Malley, Sharon, 30 rats, 129
Oonalashkan man and woman, 3 Recheshnoi Volcano, 49, 52
orchids, 133 red fox, 51
Orloff, John, 63 red salmon run, 50
ornamental pin, 9 reindeer, x, 42, 50
Ounalashka Corporation (OC), 18, 72 reindeer antler, for carving, 89
Renken, Aaron, 29
P Richardson, Jeff, 106
Pacific plate, 116 rock (Aleutian) sandpipers, 125
Pacific Ring of Fire, 125 rock ptarmigans, ix, 129
Pacific white-sided porpoises, 67 Rowland, Axel, 109
Palanco, Joe, 32 Rowland, Caitlin, 109
Paup, Edward, 66 Rowland, Julie, 109
Pearl Harbor bombing, by Japanese, 15 Rowland, Kimberly, 109
Pelkey, April, 82–83 Rowland, Roger, 109
Pelkey, Hugh, 36, 36, 81 Rowland, Sharon, 109
PenAir, 32, 34, 41, 43, 55 Royal Aleutian, 111
pendant, 9 Russian-American Company, 64, 129
Peterson, Tammy, 29 Russian Orthodox Church, 4–5, 39, 49, 61, 63
Petticrew, Ethan, 87 Russian Orthodox cross, replica, 5
Petticrew, Nikolai, 86 Russian priests, and written Unanga&^&x language,
Petticrew, Tatiana, 26 4
Petticrew Ethan, 86 Russians
pigeon guillemot, 34 on Atka Island, 42
pink salmon, seining for, 88 contact with Natives, 1
plant life of Aleutian Islands, 132–134 and fur trade, 4, 99
Pletnikoff, Sophie, 85 in Monument House legend, 57
"Poem From Pyramid Peak" (Wilson), 60 and steam baths, 36
pollock, 100
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S Severns, Jim, 28
salmon Seybert, Orin, 32
cleaning and drying, 90 Shaishnikoff, Garret, 75
fishing, 58 Shaishnikoff, Genee, 25
pink, seining for, 88 Shaishnikoff, Joe, 75
red, 50 Shaishnikoff, Landen, 25
silver, 28, 57, 70, 78 Shaishnikoff, Trever, 105
smoking, 55 shanghai, 89
salmonberry patch, 25 Shangin, Barbara, 84
salmonberry picking, 58 Shemya Island U.S. military base, 17
sand dunes, Unalaska Island, 76 ship repair facility, 69
Sand Point, Alaska Peninsula, vii Ship Rock, Umnak Pass, 10
Sandy Beach, Umnak Island, 56, 78 Siberian spring beauty, 133
Sasignas people, 2 silver salmon, 28, 57, 70, 78
Sauaso, Maria, 58 skin boats, 22
Sauaso, Taulaga, 58 slavery, in Aleutians, 9
Schliebe, Katie, 6 Smithsonian Institution, 80
schools Snigaroff, Danny, 32, 78
on Akutan Island, 35, 35 Snigaroff, Luke, 46, 86
on Atka Island, 43 Snigaroff, Mark, 46–47
boarding, 18, 59 Snigaroff, Simeon, 42
in Nikolski, 55, 58 Snigaroff, Vera, 85
in Unalaska, 61 snow crab fishery, 100
Unanga&^&x, 5 sobriety, 53
schoolyard swings, 73 Solov'iev, Ivan, 4
Schroder, "Tubby," 110 Sovoroff, Agnes, 85
seafood, role in economy, 100, 105 Sowle, Agnes, 66
seafood processors, 111 spear thrower, 77
seagull egg collecting, 50, 82 Split Top Mountain, 13, 73, 111
seal hunting, 95, 95–96 St. Alexander Nevsky Chapel, 35, 38–39
sea life, of Bering Sea and North Pacific Ocean, x St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, 42, 54–55, 57
sea lions, 71, 130–131 Stamm, Noah, 57
declining population of, 35, 50 Standard Oil/Chevron, 59
hunting of, 37, 96 starring service, 39
seals steam baths, 36
butchering, at Camp Quangaayu&^&x, 6 Steller's eider, 124
carvings of, 89 Steller's sea lions, 35, 71, 130–131
declining population of, 35, 50 See also sea lions
fur, 4, 24, 42, 97 Stepetin, Haliehana, 26, 86
hair, 96 Stepetin, Jacob, 108
hunting, 95–96 Stepetin, Jeremiah, 40, 82
sea mammals, 96, 125, 127 Stepetin, Robin, 26
sea otters stern post carving, 91
census, 75 storytelling, 92
and commerce, 4, 97 stratovolcano, 115
in Iliuliuk Bay, 3 students kayaking in Humpy Cove, 91
pelt, 6 students learning Unanga&^&x dances, 27
protection of, 99 subsistence
Summer Bay, Unalaska Island, 130 on Akutan Island, 36
sea urchins, 50 by ancient people, 3
seining, 88 on Atka Island, 43
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subsistence (continued) See also Nikolski Village, Umnak Island
meaning of, to Unangan, x Unalaska Bay, xii, 24, 29, 71, 75, 117
means of, destroyed by Russians, 4, 19 Unalaska Island, 2 (map), 59 (map)
in Nikolski, 50 artillery site, 13
reestablishment of, following decommissioning Bunker Hill, 15
of bases, 24 in the distance, 118
in villages, 21 emperor geese at Summer Bay Beach, 123
subsistence foods, x, 46 Makushin Volcano, 117
Summer Bay, Unalaska Island, 13, 30 missionaries on, xi
Summer Bay Beach, Unalaska Island, 61, 76, 123 Mount Ballyhoo, 20, 68, 71, 91, 111
Summer Bay Road, Unalaska Island, 21, 111 Priest Rock, 128
summer camp, on Kalekta Bay, 92 Pyramid Peak, 60, 62
summer essays, by Unanga&^&x boys, 58 Russians' onslaught on people of, 4
summer fog, 35 Summer Bay Road, 21, 30, 111
sunrise in autumn, 20 from Ulakta Head, Mount Ballyhoo, 14
Svarny, Gertrude "Gert," 79, 85 Unalaska region, xv
Svarny-Hawthorne, Wendy, 72 Unalaska Village, 59–76
Swetzof, Mary, 26 aerial view, 71
Swetzof, Sally, 86 cemetery, 65
switches, 36 as center of commerce, vii
Syverson, Laresa, 27, 58 churches of, 66
City Council, 73
T culture of, 61
Tanaga Island, 2 (map) economy of, 60, 100
Taylor, Heather, 66 old village of, 59
Tcheripanoff, Demetri A., 41 population of, 21
Tcheripanoff, Demetri "Boy," 40–41, 82 village life in, 59
Tcheripanoff, John, 39 Unalga Island, x
Tcheripanoff, Tom Nic Guy, 35, 41 Unangam Tunuu language
Thomas, Kyle, 46 in Atka school curriculum, 43
Thompson, Agnes, 79, 85 and cultural identity of Natives, viii
Thompson, Thomas James, 46 in culture of Unangan, 23
time zones, xi, 42 documentation of, by Russian priests, 4
toggling harpoon head, 9 importance of, 50
Tom Madsen Airport, Dutch Harbor, 32 George McGlashan on, 35
tourism, 51, 105 use of, discouraged, 5, 18
trade, 4, 9, 34, 97, 99–100 use of, in Atka, 42
travel, to islands, vii, x, xv, 67 Unangan
Trident Seafoods, 34, 35, 103 Americanization of, 18–19
tsunamis, 116 basketry of, 84
Tuck, John, 66 birthplace of civilization of, 1
Tuck, Mary, 66 communities of, vii
Tustumena (ferry), 67 culture of, x, 5
Tutiakoff, Vincent "Pulu," 96 occupation of Aleutian Islands, 3
twinflower, 132 population of, 9, 21
reception of John Cook by, 98
U relocation of, by Russians, 4
Ugluda&^&x Lodge, Umnak Island, 28, 51, 103 use of word, viii
Ukraine Russian Orthodox Church, 39 values of, 77, 90, 96, 103
Ulakta Head, Mount Ballyhoo, 14 See also evacuation of Natives during WWII
Umnak Island, vi, 2 (map), 15, 50, 59 (map)
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Unangas, use of word, viii Weaving Woman (Svarny), 79
Unanga&^&x, use of word, viii Webb, Tim, 16
Unanga&^&x dances and dancers, 26, 86–87 Webber, John, 3
Unanga&^&x Dance team drummers, 86 Wetzel, Tarek, 32, 32
Unanga&^&x groups, 2 whiskered auklets, 126
Unanga&^&x house, 56 Wide Bay Cone of Makushin Volcano, 117
Unanga&^&x language, 4 wildflowers, 43, 63, 132
Unanga&^&x schools, 5 See also individual species
Unanga&^&x territory, 2 wildlife of Aleutian Islands, ix, 125
Unimak Island, vii, 2 (map), 4 wild rye (Elymus mollis), 84, 132
Unisea, 111 Willhite, Daniel, 58
United Methodist Church, xi, 66 Willhite, Eric, 58, 87
U.S. government, exploitation of Natives by, 99 Willhite, Rex, 53
U.S. military Willhite, Sandra Dushkin, 53, 56
basebuilding by, 17 Williams, Jeff, 115
closure of Naval Base, Adak, 104 Wilson, Kathy, xi, 66
decommissioning of bases, 19 Wilson, Kenneth F., xiv, 60
destruction of Atka by, 19, 42 Woman's Home Missionary Society, 66
and Grumman Goose, 32 Woman with Fish and Basket (Svarny), 79
presence in Aleutians, 99 women, and cultural traditions, 61
See also World War II wool-producing business, 103
utility pouches, 96 World War II
Adak Island in, viii
V in the Aleutians, 14–17
vacation, in summer essays, 58 bunker on Ulakta Head, Mount Ballyhoo, 14
Veniaminov, Ivan damage to archaeological sites, 8
arrival in the Aleutians, 4 monument to Natives displaced during, 18
and documentation of Unanga&^&x culture, xi See also evacuation of Natives during WWII
as first priest in Unalaska, 64 World War II Visitor Center, 105
on practice of mummification, 10 Wrangell Institute, 18
on steam baths, 36 Wright, Pariscovia, 85
on value of bentwood hats, 79, 81
village corporations, 25 Y
village life, 21, 59 Yakov E. Netsvetov School, Atka, 43
volcanic eruptions, 115–116, 122 Yatchmeneff, Alexei Meronivich, 75
Volcano Bay, 28
volcanoes, 116, 125 Z
See also specific volcano names Zaochney, Jonathan, 86
Voznesenskii, I. G., 91 Zaochney, Joshua, 77, 84
Vsevidof Volcano, vi, 49, 52 Zaochney, Tatiana, 85
Zaochney, Timothy, 46
W
Ward Lake evacuation camp, 18
warfare, intertribal, 3, 9
"Washing Floors" (Dirks), 74
weather conditions, discussions of, 7
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