Alaska Natives
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Alaska Natives are the Indigenous peoples of Alaska in the United States. They encompass diverse cultural and linguistic groups, including Inupiat, Aleut, Yupik peoples, and American Indians such as t
Alaskan Yup'ik Native dancer performing in Fairbanks (2013)
Alaska Native Languages
Yupik mother and child, Nunivak Island, c. 1929; photographed by Edward S. Curtis.
Metlakahtla brass band
Alaska
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Alaska is a U.S. state located in the northwestern regions of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is cons
Alaska Natives
…Alaska Natives are the Indigenous peoples of Alaska in the United States. They encompass diverse cultural and linguistic groups, including Inupiat, Aleut, Yupik peoples, and American Indians such as the…
The Russian settlement of St. Paul's Harbor, present-day Kodiak town, Kodiak Island, 1814
Miners and prospectors climb the Chilkoot Trail during the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush.
Signing of the Alaska Treaty (1867)
U.S. troops navigate snow and ice during the Battle of Attu in May 1943.