This 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 Alaskan Native tribes …

This is a list of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States of America.There are also federally recognized Alaska Native tribes.As of 19 February 2020, 574 Indian tribes were legally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) of the United States. Of these, 231 are located in Alaska. . Description. Flags of Wisconsin tribes in the Wisconsin state capitol. In the …

Alaska Natives (also known as Alaskan Natives, Native Alaskans, Indigenous Alaskans, Aboriginal Alaskans or First Alaskans) are the indigenous peoples of Alaska and include Iñupiat, Yupik, Aleut, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and a number of Northern Athabaskan cultures. They are often defined by their language groups. Many Alaska Natives are enrolled in …

Tribal sovereignty in the United States is the concept of the inherent authority of indigenous tribes to govern themselves within the borders of the United States. Originally, the U.S. federal government recognized American Indian tribes as independent nations, and came to policy agreements with them via treaties.As the U.S. accelerated its westward expansion, internal …

Associations, regional and village corporations. Under ANCSA the state was originally divided into twelve regions, each represented by a "Native association" responsible for the enrollment of past and present residents of the region. Individual Alaska Natives enrolled in these associations, and their village level equivalents, were made shareholder in the Regional and Village Corporations ...

Following is a list of groups known to self-identify as Native American tribes but that have been recognized neither by the federal government (Bureau of Indian Affairs) nor by any state nor tribal government. Alabama. Cherokee Nation of Alabama. Letter of Intent to Petition 02/16/1999. Cherokee River Indian Community, Moulton, AL. Letter of ...

The Unorganized Borough is the portion of the U.S. state of Alaska not contained in any of its 19 organized boroughs.While referred to as the "Unorganized Borough", it is not a borough itself. It encompasses over half of Alaska's area, 970,500 km 2.If the unorganized Borough were a state in itself, it would be the largest state in the United States of America, larger than the rest of …

The history of Alaska dates back to the Upper Paleolithic period (around 14,000 BC), when foraging groups crossed the Bering land bridge into what is now western Alaska.At the time of European contact by the Russian explorers, the area was populated by Alaska Native groups. The name "Alaska" derives from the Aleut word Alaxsxaq (also spelled Alyeska), meaning …

Federally recognized reservations. There are 326 Indian Reservations in the United States. Most of the tribal land base in the United States was set aside by the federal government as Native American Reservations.In California, about half of its reservations are called rancherías.In New Mexico, most reservations are called Pueblos.In some western states, notably Nevada, …

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act: To convey land in Anchorage, Alaska, to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, and for other ... To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to award grants to eligible entities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at ports, and for other purposes. H.R. 866: