Alaska Natives

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Alaska Natives are the Indigenous peoples of Alaska, comprising diverse cultural groups such as the Inupiat, Yup’ik, Aleut, and numerous Alaska Native tribes and communities with distinct languages, traditions, and histories.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous peoples
Native American group
ethnic group
censusCategory American Indian or Alaska Native
continent North America
country United States
culturalPractice drumming and dancing
kayak and umiak building
potlatch ceremonies
skin sewing and beadwork
storytelling traditions
totem pole carving
engagedIn cultural preservation
language revitalization
subsistence rights advocacy
tribal self-governance
faceIssue climate change impacts
cultural assimilation pressures
health disparities
language endangerment
rural poverty
governedBy Alaska Native regional corporations
Alaska Native tribal governments
Alaska Native village corporations
hasCulturalRegion Aleutian Islands
Arctic Alaska
linked to: northern Alaska

Bering Sea coast
Interior Alaska
Northwest Coast of Alaska
Southeast Alaska
linked to: Southeastern Alaska

Subarctic Alaska
linked to: Interior Alaska
hasSubgroup Aleut
Alutiiq
Athabascan peoples
linked to: Gwich’in

Cup’ik
linked to: Nunivak Cupik

Dena’ina
linked to: Ahtna Athabaskan

Gwich’in
Haida
Inupiat
linked to: Inuit

Iñupiat
linked to: Inuit

Koyukon
St. Lawrence Island Yupik
Sugpiaq
Tlingit
Tsimshian
Unangax̂
linked to: Unangan

Yup’ik
linked to: Yupik
historicalEvent Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971
Alaska Purchase
Russian colonization of Alaska
establishment of Alaska Native corporations
includesLanguage Alutiiq language
linked to: Alutiiq

Central Alaskan Yup’ik language
Dena’ina language
Gwich’in language
Haida language
Iñupiaq language
linked to: Inupiaq

St. Lawrence Island Yupik language
Tlingit language
linked to: Tlingit

Tsimshian language
Unangam Tunuu
languageFamily Eskimo–Aleut languages
Na-Dene languages
linked to: Na-Dene

Tsimshianic languages
isolate or small families
legalFramework Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act
legalStatus federally recognized tribes
organization Alaska Federation of Natives
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation
Calista Corporation
Cook Inlet Tribal Council
First Alaskans Institute
Sealaska Corporation
populationEstimate over 100000 people
primaryRegion Alaska
recognizedAs First Peoples of Alaska
linked to: Alaska Natives

Indigenous peoples of the United States
linked to: Native Americans
religion Christianity
traditional Indigenous spiritualities
traditionalSubsistence caribou hunting
fishing
gathering wild plants
hunting
seal hunting
whaling

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NACA Program targetPopulation Alaska Natives
Aleut partOf Indigenous peoples of the Arctic
linked to: Alaska Natives
Aleut partOf Indigenous peoples of Alaska
linked to: Alaska Natives
Northwest Arctic Borough hasIndigenousPeople Iñupiat
linked to: Alaska Natives
Northwest Arctic Borough hasCulturalHeritage Iñupiat culture
linked to: Alaska Natives
Yugtun spokenBy Yup’ik people
linked to: Alaska Natives
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge hasIndigenousConnection Iñupiat people
linked to: Alaska Natives
Indian Health Service serviceArea Alaska Natives
Bureau of Indian Affairs worksWith Alaska Native villages
linked to: Alaska Natives
Hooper Bay–Chevak ethnicGroup Yup’ik people
linked to: Alaska Natives
Alaska Region (BOEM) collaboratesWith Alaska Native communities
subject linked to: Alaska Region
linked to: Alaska Natives
Kuskokwim River isTraditionalTerritoryOf Yupik peoples
linked to: Alaska Natives
Sugpiaq partOf Alaska Native peoples
linked to: Alaska Natives
Pacific Gulf Yupik partOf Alaska Native peoples
linked to: Alaska Natives
Pacific Gulf Yupik partOf Yupik peoples
linked to: Alaska Natives
Cook Inlet hasIndigenousConnection Dena’ina people
linked to: Alaska Natives
Naukan Yupik historicalContact Alaska Native peoples
linked to: Alaska Natives
Alaska Natives recognizedAs First Peoples of Alaska
linked to: Alaska Natives
Loucheux recognizedAs Alaska Native people in the United States
linked to: Alaska Natives
Kutchin partOf Indigenous peoples of Alaska
linked to: Alaska Natives
Unangas partOf Indigenous peoples of Alaska
linked to: Alaska Natives
Koyukon traditionalSpeakers Koyukon people
linked to: Alaska Natives
Norton Sound isTraditionalTerritoryOf Inupiat people
linked to: Alaska Natives
Yupik partOf Eskimo–Aleut peoples
linked to: Alaska Natives
Yupik recognizedAs Indigenous peoples of Alaska
linked to: Alaska Natives
Russian colonization of the Americas colonized indigenous peoples of Alaska
linked to: Alaska Natives
Selawik hasCulturalHeritage Iñupiat culture
linked to: Alaska Natives
Point Barrow traditionalRegionOf Iñupiat people
linked to: Alaska Natives
Hudson Stuck wroteAbout Alaskan Native peoples
linked to: Alaska Natives
Walter Harper ethnicity Alaska Native
linked to: Alaska Natives
Nunivak Cupik isPartOf Alaska Native cultures
linked to: Alaska Natives
Indian Health Service serviceArea Alaska Natives
subject linked to: IHS
Togiak, Alaska category Alaska Native communities
linked to: Alaska Natives
Quinhagak, Alaska populationMajorityEthnicity Alaska Native
linked to: Alaska Natives
Lake and Peninsula Borough hasIndigenousPeoples Alaska Native communities
linked to: Alaska Natives
Northern Alaska inhabitedBy Iñupiat people
subject linked to: northern Alaska
linked to: Alaska Natives
Alaska Native Language Center collaboratesWith Alaska Native communities
linked to: Alaska Natives
Kotzebue, Alaska servesAsHubFor Iñupiat communities
linked to: Alaska Natives
Bureau of Indian Affairs jurisdiction Alaska Natives
subject linked to: BIA
Crooked Creek, Alaska predominantEthnicGroup Alaska Native
linked to: Alaska Natives
Egegik traditionalRegionOf Alaska Native peoples
linked to: Alaska Natives
Stony River, Alaska populationMajority Alaska Natives
Porcupine River usedBy Inupiat people
linked to: Alaska Natives
Nikolai, Alaska hasPrimaryEthnicGroup Alaska Natives