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Also Known As	Sugpiaq • Unangax̂

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Illustration of a semi-subterranean Eskimo dwelling with a snow-covered roof, showing a cutaway view of the home's interior. Labeled features include a sloped entrance passage, doorway, entrance to the main room, a storage area above, and a smoke vent in the roof. Inside, two people are seated on the floor surrounded by household items, highlighting traditional sub-Arctic Aleut or Inuit architecture and living arrangements.

19th-century Unangax̂ (Aleut) and Inuit baskets

Map of the Arctic region showing the distribution of Arctic peoples and their culture areas, outlined by a red line. The map labels groups such as the Inuit, Chukchi, Sami, Yakut, and others across North America, Greenland, northern Europe, and northern Asia, distinguishing between the American Arctic culture area and the Eurasian Arctic and subarctic culture area.

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Inuit Paleo-Siberian Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains Indigenous peoples of the American Southeast Northwest Coast Indian Indigenous peoples of the American Southwest Northeast Indian Plateau Indian American Subarctic peoples Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin Indigenous peoples of California Sami

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