Alaska Natives - Wikipedia
WEBAlaska 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 Alaskan Creoles, Iñupiat, Yupik, Aleut, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and a number of Northern Athabaskan cultures.
Alaska - Native Tribes, Wildlife, Glaciers | Britannica
WEB6 days ago · Alaska - Native Tribes, Wildlife, Glaciers: 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 (Aleut) people on the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula; the Inuit and Yupiit (Yupik) on the Bering ...
Alaska Native Peoples | Alaska Federation of Natives
WEBAccording 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%.
A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People - TheCollector
WEBOct 11, 2023 · A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People. Known as America’s last frontier, Alaska finally became the 49th US state in 1959. However, native people had been living in Alaska for thousands of years. Who are they?
Alaska Native Cultural Groups and Regions
WEBNov 29, 2023 · The Iñupiaq and the St. Lawrence Island Yupik people call themselves the “Real People.”. Their homeland covers Alaska’s northern Arctic region, remote and diverse, and accessible primarily by plane.
Inuit | Definition, History, Culture, & Facts | Britannica
WEB4 days ago · Inuit, group of culturally and linguistically unique Indigenous peoples of the Arctic and subarctic regions whose homelands encompass Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland, a self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark), Arctic Canada, northern and southwestern Alaska in the United States, and part of Chukotka in …
Alaska Native People - Alaska (U.S. National Park Service)
WEBApr 9, 2024 · Alaska Native People. Tribal members, partners, and NPS staff carefully carry the Eagle Pole to the Tribal House site. Alaska Native people have lived with the land long before it became a state or any national parks were established.
Alaska Native Cultures - Alaska (U.S. National Park Service)
WEBApr 5, 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.
Alaska Native Culture
WEBAbout 15 percent of Alaska’s 730,000 residents are Alaska Native, with 20 distinct cultures and 300 different dialects. Many Alaska Native people live in villages scattered along the coastline and rivers of Alaska, where they still practice traditional subsistence hunting and fishing lifestyles.
Alaska - Indigenous, Wildlife, Wilderness | Britannica
WEB2 days ago · Alaska’s Indigenous peoples are well known for their ivory and wood carvings, and the nearly lost art of totem carving has been revived, particularly in Sitka National Historical Park. Basketry and beadwork are …