Trade and Warfare

The Aleut people traded among themselves and with other Native groups, such as the Yup’ik of Bristol Bay and the Alutiiq of the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak. Aleut villagers frequently raided other Aleut villages and those of their Alutiiq neighbors. They raided to obtain slaves who became their laborers, to obtain new hunting and fishing territories, to loot, or for revenge. In times of war, several villages on an island might cooperate. Each village sent representatives to a council. A village selected its representatives based on bravery, wisdom, and hunting skills. 

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