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Bookmark or Share- Alaska Natives - WikipediaAlaska 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 Tribes, Wildlife, Glaciers | BritannicaAlaska - 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 ...
- Federally recognized American Indian tribes and Alaska Native ... - USAGovThe U.S. government recognizes 574 American Indian tribes and Alaska Native entities. Learn about federally recognized tribes, enrolling, and tracing your ancestry.
- Alaska Native Peoples | Alaska Federation of NativesAccording 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 - TheCollectorKnown 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? Purchased from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million, Alaska was quickly discovered to be a tremendous bounty of natural resources.
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