Alaska Natives
Alaska Natives are the indigenous peoples of Alaska. They include Inupiat, Yupik, Aleut, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Eyak, and some Northern Athabaskan cultures.
| File:Inuit man 1906.jpg Inuit man | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| ~106,660[1] (2006) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Alaska | |
| Languages | |
| American English, Haida, Tsimshian, Eskimo-Aleut languages, Chinook Jargon, Na-Dené languages, others | |
| Religion | |
| Shamanism (largely ex), Christianity |
Cultures
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Alaska Native Languages
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American Indians and Alaska Natives in Alaska.
Below is a full list of the different Alaska Native cultures. Within each culture are many different tribes.
Alaska Natives Media
Aleut islander (19th Century)
- Woman and child - Nunivak - Edward S. Curtis - restoration1.jpg
Yupik mother and child, Nunivak Island, c. 1929; photographed by Edward S. Curtis.
- Metlakahtla brass band. - NARA - 298091.jpg
- Metlakahtla_brass_band.__NARA__
- Will Yaska of Pueblo, Colorado, a Koyukon (an Alaska Native Athabaskan people), was among the participants at a Colorado Springs Native American Inter-Tribal Powwow and festival in that central LCCN2015633372.tif
A Koyukon man in traditional tribal dress
References
- ↑ Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development. (2006). "Table 1.8 Alaska Native American Population Alone By Age And Male/Female, July 1, 2006." Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Research & Analysis. Retrieved on August 25, 2019
Other websites
Media related to Alaska Natives at Wikimedia Commons
- Alaska Federation of Natives
- Alaska Native Health Board
- Alaska Native Heritage Center
- First Alaskans Institute
- Tlingit National Anthem, Alaska Natives Online
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