Editing Aleuts (section)

==Population and distribution==
{{For|specific tribal village names|List of Alaska Native tribal entities}}
[[File:Aleut map.svg|thumb|Map of Aleut tribes and dialects]]
[[File:Расселение алеутов в ДФО по городским и сельским поселениям, в %.png|thumb|300px|Settlement of Aleuts in the Far Eastern Federal District by urban and rural settlements in%, 2010 census]]

Aleuts historically lived throughout the Aleutian Islands, the [[Shumagin Islands]], and the far western part of the [[Alaska Peninsula]], with an estimated population of around 25,000 prior to European contact.<ref name=Britannica>{{cite encyclopedia |year=2011 |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |title=Aleut People |url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/13914/Aleut |access-date=June 2, 2022 |archive-date=April 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430025303/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/13914/Aleut |url-status=live }}</ref> In the 1820s, the [[Russian-American Company]] administered a large portion of the North Pacific during a Russian-led expansion of the [[fur trade]]. They resettled many Aleut families to the [[Commander Islands]] (within the [[Aleutsky District]] of the [[Kamchatka Krai]] in Russia)<ref>Lyapunova, R.G. (1987) ''Aleuts'': Noted on their ethnological history (in Russian)</ref> and to the [[Pribilof Islands]] (in [[Alaska]]). These continue to have majority-Aleut communities.<ref name="Milton M.R. Freeman">{{cite book |last1=Corbett |first1=H.D. |first2=S. M |last2=Swibold |year=2000 |title=The Aleuts of the Pribilof Islands, Alaska |chapter=Endangered people of the Arctic. Struggle to Survive |publisher=Milton M.R. Freeman |chapter-url=http://www.amiq.org/aleuts.html |access-date=April 13, 2011 |archive-date=May 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514122235/http://www.amiq.org/aleuts.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>Bonner, W. N. (1982) ''Seals and Man: A Study of Interactions'', Seattle: University of Washington Press</ref>

According to the 2000 census, 11,941 people identified as being Aleut, while 17,000 identified as having partial Aleut ancestry. Prior to sustained European contact, approximately 25,000 Aleut lived in the archipelago.<ref name="alaskannature.com">{{cite web|url=http://alaskannature.com/aleut.htm|title=Alaskan People: Aleut Native Tribe|website=alaskannature.com|access-date=February 14, 2015|archive-date=February 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201083113/http://alaskannature.com/aleut.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Encyclopædia Britannica Online]] states that more than 15,000 people have Aleut ancestry in the early 21st century.<ref name=Britannica/> Aleuts suffered high fatalities in the 19th and early 20th centuries from Eurasian [[infectious diseases]] to which they had no [[immunity (medical)|immunity]]. In addition, the population suffered as their customary lifestyles were disrupted. Russian traders, and later Europeans, married Aleut women and had families with them.<ref name=Britannica/>