These terms derive from the names (Алеутъ, Aleut) that the promyshlenniki (indigenous Siberian and Russian fur traders and settlers) gave to the native people in the region.

Fishing for halibut and cod would continue to remain prevalent, along with the hunting and harvest at seal and sea lion haulouts, and bird rookeries even common feeding grounds for humpback whales.

Trees and shrubs such as cedar (Qar’usiq; Qasrulek, Thuja plicata, Callitropsis nootkatensis), Kenai birch, Sitka spruce (Napaq), and other were harvested for their medical and nutritional value.

[10] During this time trade would emerge with the natives of mainland Alaska for materials such as antler, ivory, caribou pelts, and glassy stone, not available on Kodiak.

They pick berries sweetened by the first frosts; harvest large quantities of salmon spawning in local streams; hunt fat bears headed for hibernation, and shoot ducks migrating south for the winter.

While inside, celebrations and festivals would be held in honor of the harvest, and ancestors[11] Before contact with Russian fur traders, they lived in semi-subterranean homes called ciqlluaq.

[16] During festivals, story telling, singing and dancing were all important means of passing down history through generations as Alutiiq lacked a formal system of writing.