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 Alaska Native - Definition 

Alaskan Natives are Aboriginal Americans who live in Alaska. They include the Inupiaq, Yupik, and Aleut, peoples. In 1918 the Alaska Native Brotherhood was founded. In 1971 Congress passes the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act which settled land and money claims and provided for the establishment of 13 Alaska Native Corporations to administer those claims.

This is a full list of the different Alaska Native Cultures. Within each culture are many many different tribes.

  • Athabascan
  • Inupiaq
  • Yup'ik
  • Siberian Yup'ik
  • Sugpiaq (also know as Alutiiq)
  • Aleut (in their own language they refer to themselves as Unangan)
  • Eyak
  • Tlingit
  • Haida
  • Tsimshian
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