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    Alaska Natives (also known as Alaskan Indians, Alaskan Natives, Native Alaskans, Indigenous Alaskans, Aboriginal Alaskans or First Alaskans) are the Indigenous...
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  • corporations are now owned by Alaska Native people through privately owned shares of corporation stock. Alaska Natives alive at ANCSA's enactment on December...
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    Indians from the contiguous United States and Alaska Natives. The United States Census Bureau defines Native American as "all people indigenous to the United...
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  • Alaska Native regional corporations and over 200 local village corporations. A thirteenth regional corporation was later created for Alaska Natives who...
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  • Alaska Natives are a group of indigenous people that live in the state of Alaska and trace their heritage back to the last two great migrations that occurred...
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    and individual rights. Alaska Natives, while organized in and around their communities, have been active within the Native corporations. These have...
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    now western Alaska. At the time of European contact by the Russian explorers, the area was populated by Alaska Native groups. The name "Alaska" derives from...
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    Council (NTC) was established as the government of Alaska Natives in this area. The Alaska Native people of Ninilchik have ancestors of Aleut and Alutiiq...
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  • The Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) is the largest statewide Native organization in the state of Alaska, United States. Its membership includes 178...
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    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...
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    American Indian and Alaska Natives: 7.9% (1.4% Iñupiat, 1.1% Yup'ik, 0.8% Aleut) Black or African American: 5.6% Other race: 2.3% Native Hawaiians and Other...
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    Shamanism among Alaska Natives was particularly important as it served to construct their special connection to their land, and a kinship with the animals...
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    sparsely populated regions of northern and western Alaska are primarily inhabited by Alaska Natives, who are also numerous in the southeast. Anchorage...
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    by research teams, rare extreme tourists and other Alaska Natives visiting from the mainland Alaska. Due to its location and weather conditions, transportation...
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    the pipeline primarily came from two sources: Alaska Native groups and conservationists. Alaska Natives were upset that the pipeline would cross the land...
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    Limited Alaska Native Language Center Alaska Federation of Natives Indian ice cream (Alaska) Athabascan fiddle "Athabascans of Interior Alaska". www.ankn...
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  • American Indians and Alaska Natives than the general United States population. Historical trauma is also an issue faced by Native Americans. Dr. Maria...
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    instead. However, "Eskimo" is still considered acceptable among some Alaska Natives of Yupik and Inupiaq (Inuit) heritage and is at times preferred over...
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    example, having a Russian father and a native mother). The remaining 50,000 or so were Inuit or Alaska Natives living outside of Russia’s jurisdiction...
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    defining Alaska Native Village for at least one season of the year. Alaska Natives previously had many small reserves scattered around Alaska; however, all...
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    trade, also serving as an imperialist vehicle for the Russification of Alaska Natives. Angered by encroachment on their land and other grievances, the indigenous...
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    languages. Due to a new-found language barrier, new generations of Alaska Natives could not communicate with their elders and therefore could not inherit...
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    Yup'ik (redirect from West Alaska Eskimos)
    native population of Alaska. More than 1,000 people died in northwest Alaska, and double that across the state, and the majority were Alaska Natives....
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    peoples of the United States are commonly known as Native Americans, Indians, as well as Alaska Natives.[clarification needed] The term "Indian" is still...
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    and 1974. In the winter of 1925, a diphtheria epidemic raged among Alaska Natives in the Nome area. Fierce territory-wide blizzard conditions prevented...
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    do not hold any jurisdictional powers over non-American Indians and Alaska Natives and therefore cannot prosecute or punish them for their crimes on reservations...
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    based on race: the village with mostly non-natives (population 539) and the part of the village with natives (population 500). Separately, they placed...
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    Americans, 46% of Asian Americans, 48% of American Indians and Alaska Natives, 68% of Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders, 37% of the "two or more...
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    United States census, there are 2,251,699 people who are Native Americans or Alaska Natives alone; they make up 0.7% of the total population. According...
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    paved way for Alaska Natives, state to prosper together"". Alaska Journal. October 13, 2010. Retrieved October 14, 2020. "State of Alaska Community Database...
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