The Aleutian Islands are still home to theAleut people's seafaring society, although they were the first Native Alaskans to be exploited by the Russians. Western and Southwestern Alaska are home to theYup'ik, while their cousins theAlutiiq ~ Sugpiaqlive in what is now Southcentral Alaska. TheGwich'in peopleof the northern Interior region areAthabaskanand primarily known today for their dependence on the caribou within the much-contestedArctic National Wildlife Refuge. The North Slope andLittle Diomede Islandare occupied by the widespreadInupiat people.