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What's New in Alaskan Natives:

Athabascan Indians
The Athabaskan Indians live in the Alaskan Interior.

What's New:

Are Eskimos and Inuit the same people?
I answered a letter a while ago, from someone at a museum in Alaska. They wanted to know why Inuit (which I am of) dislike being called "Eskimos." After all, many Alaskans don't mind being called Eskimos, and even seem to dislike the term "Inuit" when southerners apply it them, however well-intentioned. I am not surprised by the confusion.

Alaskan Native Cultures
There are three types of Alaskan Natives with different cultural and linquistic history. They are Indian, Eskimo and Aleut. These are further defined by eleven distinct cultures.

Eskimo / Esquimaux
Eskimo is the term used when speaking of Inupiaq and Yupik people collectively or to mean all Inuit and Yupik people of the world.

Did you know Aleuts were sent to internment camps during WWII?
Long-silent Aleuts revisit the suffering of World War II internment camps in a new documentary film set to air on Public Television this month.

Native Village of Akhiok profile
Akhiok is located at the southern end of Kodiak Island at Alitak Bay. It lies 80 miles southwest of the City of Kodiak, and 340 miles southwest of Anchorage.

Former Chief Pete J. Peter explains Gwich'in culture
Our way of life is to respect the mother earth and it's animals.

Unangan (Aleut) Heritage
Several thousand years ago, before European explorers discovered the shores of the Aleutian Islands, they were inhabited by the �Unangas� (Aleut people).

Alaskan Natives A-Z

Alaskan Native Art Prints and Posters

Books about Alaskan Natives

Alaskan Native Cultures

Eleven Alaskan Native Cultures

Aleut Natives
Did you know Aleuts were sent to internment camps during WWII?
Long-silent Aleuts revisit the suffering of World War II internment camps in a new documentary film set to air on Public Television this month.

Athabascan Indians

Eskimo / Esquimaux
Alutiiq (Sugpiac or Russian-Aleut) Eskimos
Akhiok Village Profile
Inupiaq Eskimos

Inuit (politically correct way to say Eskimo)
Inuit hunters say global warming is thinning ice
Inuit hunters are falling through thinning ice and dying. Dolphins are being spotted for the first time. There's not enough snow to build igloos for shelter during hunts.
Yup'ik Eskimos

Cup'ik Eskimos
St. Lawrence Island Yupik
Siberian Yupik

Eyak Indians

Haida Indians

Tlingit Indians

Tsimshian Indians

Alaskan Native Languages

Alaskan Native Legends

Alaska Tribal Governments

Alaskan Village Profiles

Villages by Region