Editing Aleuts (section)

== Etymology ==
In the [[Aleut language]], they are known by the [[endonym]]s '''Unangan''' (eastern dialect) and '''Unangas''' (western dialect); both terms mean "people".{{efn|The singular form is '''Unangax̂'''. The Cyrillic spelling of ''Unangan'' and ''Unangas'' are {{lang|ale-Cyrl|Унаӈан}} and {{lang|ale-Cyrl|Унаӈас}}, respectively.<ref name=anlc>[https://www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages/al/ "Unangam Tunuu/Aleut,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209152950/http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/languages/al/ |date=February 9, 2018 }} Alaska Native Language Center.</ref>}} The Russian term "Aleut" was a general term used for both the native population of the Aleutian Islands and their neighbors to the east in the [[Kodiak Archipelago]], who were also referred to as "Pacific Eskimos" or Sugpiat/Alutiit.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Marcus Lepola |title=The Aleuts and the Pacific Eskimo in the colonial economy of Russian Alaska in the mid 19th century |journal=Arctic & Antarctic International Journal of Circumpolar Socio-Cultural |year=2010 |volume=4 |url=https://iacsi.hi.is/issues/2010_volume_4/4_article_vol_4.pdf |access-date=November 14, 2022 |archive-date=November 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114072629/https://iacsi.hi.is/issues/2010_volume_4/4_article_vol_4.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>