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Atkan (Atkans)

"Atkan" is the name of one of the dialects of the Aleut language. It comes from the placename Atka, which is the Native name of one of the Aleutian Islands and also the main village on that island. The Atkan dialect is spoken throughout the neighboring region (known as the Andreanof Islands.) Atkan is a Western Aleut dialect, similar to Attuan and Qaxun.

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Atkan language
Aleut culture
Aleut tribe
Aleut vocabulary
Aleut pronunciation
Eskimo-Aleut language family
Alaska Natives

Here are links to more Internet resources about the Atkan Aleuts:
Atkan Community
Atka Island
Aleut Dialects of Atkan and Attuan

And here are a few good books about the Atkans:
Aleut Tales and Narratives
Atka: An Ethnohistory of the Western Aleutians
Aleut Identities: Tradition and Modernity
How the Atkans Talk: A Conversational Grammar
Atkan Aleut Dictionary

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