Kiatagmiut (Principia Moderni III Map Game)

The Kiatagmiut Band (Central Yup'ik: Kiatagmiut Tungelquqellriit) is an organized semi-nomadic state in the far-northwestern parts of Borealia. Based originally out of the Kiatagmiut peoples along the Kusquqvak River (notably surrounding the village of Mamterilleq), the Band has since grown to include Unegkumiut and Akulmiut peoples.

The current territory extends from the mouth of the Kusquqvak River to the village of Kuiggluk and north to the tundra surrounding the southern parts of the Nunavakpak Lake.

Early History
The Eskimos crossed later than other Indian peoples. Then, Thule stuffs

Societal Reforms
General Description

The Arrival of the Luussitar
Horses came, changing everything

Governmental Reforms
Formal govt. more

Government
There are currently seven winter villages. They are:
 * Mamterilleq (1)
 * Kuiggayagaq
 * Napaskiaq
 * Kuiggluk
 * Kassigluq (2)
 * Atmalluaq
 * Nunapicuar

Language
The language of the Kiatagmiut Band (Yugtun) is an Inuit language of the Central Alaskan Yuk'ip family. As with the vast majority of Inuit languages, all verbs have a root morpheme, and are then conjugated by adding a pronoun to the end of the root morpheme.

These pronouns are: While Yugtun has two primary dialects (Kuigpak and Kusquqvak), Kusquqvak is the most spoken variety in the region where the Kiatagmiut Band resides.

Words so Far:


 * Qasgiq - Main meeting area


 * Luussitar - Horse
 * Arnaq - Woman

Religion
The traditional shamanistic religion of the Kiatagmiut band...

Led by the Angakkuq

Ethnic Groups
The Yup'ik peoples, from whom the Kiatagmiut culture emerged to be the dominant force, were divided into twelve territorially distinct regional groups tied together by kinship. These tungelquqellriit, or bands, are:

Note: Bolded names mean that the band has been absorbed by the Kiatagmiut Band.
 * Kusquqvagmiut (Kuskowagamiut), inhabiting the Lower and middle Kuskokwim River. The name derives from Kusquqvak, the Yup'ik name for the Kuskokwim River, possibly meaning "a big thing (river) with a small flow".The Kusquqvagmiut can be further divided into two groups:
 * Unegkumiut, inhabiting the Lower Kuskokwim below Bethel to its mouth in Kuskowkim Bay. The word derives from unegkut, meaning "those downriver"; hence, "downriver people".
 * Kiatagmiut, inhabiting inland regions in the upper drainages of the Kuskowkim, Nushagak, Wood, and Kvichak river drainages.The word derives probably from kiani, meaning "inside" or "upriver"; hence, "upriver people". The Kiatagmiut lived inland along the Kuskokwim River drainage from the present location of Bethel to present-day Crow Village.
 * Akulmiut, inhabiting the tundra or "Big Lake" area north of the Kuskokwim River.The name denotes people living on the tundra — as opposed to those living along the coastline or major rivers — such as in the present-day villages of Nunapitchuk, Kasigluk, or Atmautluak. The name derives from akula meaning "midsection", "area between", or "tundra".
 * Unalirmiut (Unaligmiut), inhabiting the Norton Sound area. The name derives from the Yup'ik word Unaliq, denoting a Yup'ik from the Norton Sound area, especially the north shore villages of Elim and Golovin and the south shore villages of Unalakleet and St. Michael. Unalirmiut were speakers of the Norton Sound Unaliq subdialect of Yup'ik.
 * Pastulirmiut, inhabiting the mouth of Yukon River. The name derives from Pastuliq, the name of an abandoned village of southern Norton Sound near the present-day village of Kotlik at one of the mouths of the Yukon River. The village name comes from the root paste- meaning to become set in a position (for instance, a tree bent by the wind). Pastulirmiut were speakers of the Norton Sound Kotlik subdialect of Yup'ik, and are also called pisalriit (sing. pisalria) denoting their use of this subdialect in which s is used in many words where other speakers of Yup'ik use y.
 * Kuigpagmiut (Ikogmiut), inhabiting the Lower Yukon River.The name derives from Kuigpak, meaning "big river", the Yup'ik name for the Yukon River.
 * Marayarmiut (Mararmiut, Maarmiut, Magemiut), inhabiting the Scammon Bay area. The name derives from Marayaaq, the Yup'ik name for Scammon Bay, which in turn derives from maraq, meaning "marshy, muddy lowland". Mararmiut, deriving from the same word, denotes flatland dwellers in general living between the mouth of the Yukon and Nelson Island.
 * Askinarmiut, inhabiting the area of the present-day villages of Hooper Bay and Chevak. Askinarmiut is an old name for the village of Hooper Bay.
 * Qaluyaarmiut (Kaialigamiut, Kayaligmiut), inhabiting Nelson Island.The name derives from Qaluyaaq, the Yup'ik name for Nelson Island, which derives in turn from qalu, meaning "dipnet".
 * Caninermiut, inhabiting the lower Bering Sea coast on either side of Kuskokwim Bay, including the area north of the bay where the modern-day villages of Chefornak, Kipnuk, Kongiganek, Kwigillingok are located and south of the bay where the villages of and Eekand Quinhagak are located (Goodnews Bay?).The name derives from canineq, meaning "lower coast", which derives in turn from the root cani, "area beside".
 * Nunivaarmiut (Nuniwarmiut, Nuniwagamiut), inhabiting Nunivak Island. The name derives from Nunivaaq, the name for the island in the General Central dialect of Yup'ik. In the Nunivak dialect of Yup'ik (that is, in Cup'ig), the island's name is Nuniwar and the people are called Nuniwarmiut.
 * Tuyuryarmiut (Togiagamiut), inhabiting the Togiak River area.The word derives from Tuyuryaq, the Yup'ik name for the village of Togiak.
 * Aglurmiut (Aglegmiut), inhabiting the Bristol Bay area along the Lower Nushagak River and northern Alaska Peninsula. The word derives from agluq, meaning "ridgepole" or "center beam of a structure".

Weapons and Armor
While relatively unadvanced when compared to European and Asian military technologies, the Kiatagmiut military technology and culture is very advanced for the northern reaches of Borealia. Among the primary weapons are the pitgar with qerrurs (bow and arrows), the kiipooyak (a throwing weapon comparable to bolas), the kakvikak (a three-pronged spear/harpoon), the tegun (or toggling harpoon, made with two blades) and the ulu knife (which was designed for butchering meat).

In addition to an effective array of weapons, the Kiatagmiut are extremely well protected. Due to a combination of devastatingly frigid weather and dangerous animals, a unique lamellar type of armor was developed.

The armor has plates made out of different animal skins and walrus ivory, which are then bound together by tough leather made from sealskin. While traditionally this armor mostly only protected the chest and abdominal regions of the wearer, it has since been largely modified in order to allow full-body protection. Shields made of animal hides are also becoming more common for use in protection.

This advanced armor makes it very difficult for the Kiatagmiut people to be injured in combat; the armor cannot be pierced by most arrows. Additionally, this armor is quite unique to the Inuit peoples and therefore make the Athabaskan people less advantaged than their Inuit rivals.

Foreign Relations
Being the only organized state in Kelmutun (Alaska), the foreign relations of Kiatagmiut are mostly directed at various Yup'ik bands and villages.