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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 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%.
- Alaska Native Cultures - U.S. National Park ServiceSpanning 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 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 ...
- Alaska Natives, Alaska Kids' Corner, State of AlaskaToday, Alaska's diverse Native peoples remain a strong presence in Alaska, comprising approximately 16% of the state's population. Rapid changes in communications, transportation, and other services to remote villages have dramatically changed Native life.
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