WebThe Alaska Native Regional Corporations were established in 1971 when the United States Congress passed the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) which settled land and financial claims made by the Alaska Natives and provided for the establishment of 13 regional corporations to administer those claims. Associations, regional and village …

WebUnalaska (Aleut: Iluulux̂; Russian: Уналашка) is the chief center of population in the Aleutian Islands.The city is in the Aleutians West Census Area, a regional component of the Unorganized Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.Unalaska is located on Unalaska Island and neighboring Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands off mainland Alaska.The …

WebAlaska 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 thousands of years ago. The Native community can be separated into six large tribes and a number of smaller tribes, including the Iñupiat, Yup'ik, Aleut, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and others.Even with just a …

WebNative Americans, also known as American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Americans, and other terms, are the Indigenous peoples of the mainland United States (Indigenous peoples of Hawaii, Alaska and territories of the United States are generally known by other terms). There are 574 federally recognized tribes living within the US, …

WebThis list of Alaska Native tribal entities names the federally recognized tribes in the state of Alaska. The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 explains how these Alaska Native villages came to be tracked this way. This version was updated based on Federal Register, Volume 87, dated January 28, 2022 (87 FR 4638), when the number of …

WebKivalina (kiv-uh-LEE-nuh) (Inupiaq: Kivalliñiq) is a city and village in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States.The population was 377 at the 2000 census and 374 as of the 2010 census.. The island on which the village lies is threatened by rising sea levels and coastal erosion caused by climate change.As of 2013, it is predicted that the island will …

WebThe City and Borough of Yakutat (/ ˈ j æ k ə t æ t /, YAK-ə-tat; Tlingit: Yaakwdáat; Russian: Якутат) is a borough in the U.S. state of Alaska and the name of a former city within it. The name in Tlingit is Yaakwdáat (meaning "the place where canoes rest"). It derives from an Eyak name, diyaʼqudaʼt, and was influenced by the Tlingit word yaakw ("canoe, boat").. …

WebThe Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) is an oil transportation system spanning Alaska, including the trans-Alaska crude-oil pipeline, 11 pump stations, several hundred miles of feeder pipelines, and the Valdez Marine Terminal.TAPS is one of the world's largest pipeline systems. The core pipeline itself, which is commonly called the Alaska pipeline, …

WebAlaska is a state of the United States in the northwest extremity of the North American continent. Alaska is divided administratively into 19 organized boroughs and one Unorganized Borough (which is divided into 11 non-administrative census areas) and contains 149 incorporated cities: four unified home rule municipalities, which are …

WebThe racial makeup of the borough was 82.53% White, 0.13% Black or African American, 11.50% Native American, 0.71% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 0.42% from other races, and 4.64% from two or more races. 1.38% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. ... United States presidential election results for Haines Borough, Alaska; Year …