(1) Fur seals, traditionally a mainstay in the Aleut diet, are declining in number for reasons that are not yet understood.

(2) Take Aleut , the language of the Aleutian Islands, west of Alaska, surviving mainly in just one village.

(3) Aleut is a single language divided at Atka Island into the Eastern and the Western dialects.

(4) A lot of our culture was lost because of education and religion that came in, banning the culture of the Aleut people.

(5) The number of Alaskans who speak Aleut has fallen to around 100 from 620 just two decades ago.

(6) The Native American population, which includes natives of Alaska such as the Inuit and Aleuts , is estimated to consist of over two million people, slightly over 1 percent of the population.

(7) U2018Alaskau2019 means u2018Great Landu2019 in Aleut , but for many of today's Native Americans, it has become a place of great suffering as well.

(8) If a case could be made, for example, that African Americans had suffered from government-sanctioned discrimination in the recent past, they - not Aleuts , Filipinos, or women - should be the beneficiaries of relief.

(9) While Aleut is considered a separate language, Eskimo branches into Inuit and Yup'ik.

(10) The American Indian or Alaska native classification includes Native Americans, Eskimos, and Aleuts who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. or its territories.

(11) These tribes include Eskimo (the largest), Aleuts , Alaska Athabaskan, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, American Indian, and u2018Tribes Not Reported or Specificu2019.

(12) An Aleut language expert is consulting with native elders for an appropriate name.

(13) For a look at island history, try the Baranov Museum and its exhibits on Russian, Alutiiq, and Aleut history.

(14) They enslaved the Alaskan native Aleuts to do the hunting.

(15) On the same day, 1200 Japanese troops went onto Attu and captured 39 Aleut villagers.