Alaska Natives - Wikipedia
Alaska Natives (also known as Alaskan Indians, Alaskan Natives, Native Alaskans, Indigenous Alaskans, Aboriginal Alaskans or First Alaskans) are the Indigenous peoples of Alaska and include Russian Creoles, Iñupiat, Yupik, Aleut, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and a number of Northern Athabaskan cultures. They are often defined by their ...
Alaska Native Peoples | Alaska Federation of Natives
According to the 2014 Census update, 18% of Alaska’s general population is American Indian or Alaska Native – the highest rate for this racial group of any state. Alaska’s largest city, Anchorage, has the greatest proportion of Native peoples among places with over 100,000 residents, at 12%.
Behind The 11 Alaskan Indigenous Groups - Jetset Times
Dec 18, 2023 · Indigenous groups have been inhabiting Alaska for thousands of years. While some settled by crossing the Bering land bridge, others established homes through traveling by watercraft along the state’s coasts.
Alaska Native Cultural Groups and Regions
Nov 29, 2023 · As with Native cultures across the state, elders in southwest Alaska are recognized as leaders in communities for guidance and advice in many parts of rural life. In this region, the verdant landscapes facing the great Bering Sea host a powerhouse of natural wonders and wild terrain.
List of Alaska Native tribal entities - Wikipedia
This list of Alaska Native tribal entities names the federally recognized tribes in the state of Alaska. The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 explains how these Alaska Native villages came to be tracked this way.
Alaska Native Cultures - Alaska (U.S. National Park Service)
Oct 4, 2024 · Spanning from the temperate rainforests of Southeast, to the tundra of the Interior, the coastal regions of Southcentral and even the remote regions of the Aleutian Islands–Alaska Native people have distinct languages and traditions. Subsistence lifestyles and native customs still thrive in many parks and communities.
Alaskan Native Cultures - Alaska Natives
Alaska's Native people are divided into three ethnic groups, eleven distinct cultures, speak twenty different languages with more than 50 dialects, live in eight geographical locations in Alaska, in more than 200 villages and communities, and make …
A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People - TheCollector
Oct 11, 2023 · There are five main groups of Alaska Native tribes: the Northwest Coast Indians, the Inupiaqs, the Yupiks, the Aleuts, and the Athabascans. Aside from the Athabascans, who lived in the vast interior of Alaska, most Alaska Natives …
Alaska - Native Tribes, Wildlife, Glaciers | Britannica
6 days ago · Thousands of years before Danish explorer Vitus Bering arrived in Alaska in 1741, the Tlingit and Haida peoples were living in the southern and southeastern coastal area; the Unangax people on the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula; the Inuit and Yupiit on the Bering shore and the Arctic Ocean coast; and various Athabaskan ...
Alaska Native Peoples
For thousands of years, Alaska Native peoples have been thriving in one of the most extreme environments on Earth, and their rich heritage is a big part of what makes Alaska such a special place. Today, Alaska Natives and American Indians …