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Suk

"Suk" is an alternate form of Sugpiaq, which is the name the Alutiiq people of Alaska call themselves. Sugpiaq means "true people"; Suk by itself just means "person."

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Here are links to our webpages about the Suk tribe and language:

Sugpiaq
Suk language
Alutiiq people
Sugpiaq words
Alaska Native
Eskimo-Aleut languages
Arctic culture

Here are a few good books about the Suks:
Making History: Sugpiaq Life on the Alaska Peninsula
Looking Both Ways: Heritage & Identity of the Alutiiq People
A Conversational Dictionary of Kodiak Alutiiq

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