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Alaska's First People
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Alaska has been populated by 11 separate Native cultures.
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Aleut (Unangan)
For thousands of years, the Aleut people, or Unangan, have occupied the Aleutian Island chain.
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Alutiiq
The Alutiiq language structure and many cultural practices are similar to those of Yup'ik and Iñupiaq people.
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Athabascan
The Athabascan people of Alaska's great Interior traveled and hunted seasonally in small groups.
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Eyak
The Eyak people were the smallest in number among Alaska's Native groups.
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Haida
The Kaigani Haida (Alaskan Haida) people inhabit the southern half of Prince of Wales Island.
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The Han Athabascans
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In Alaska, the Han people were the first recorded inhabitants of the region surrounding the easternmost stretch of the Yukon River.
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Iñupiat
The Iñupiat people live along the northern and northwestern regions of Alaska.
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Siberian Yupik
Although "Yupik" is part of their name, their culture, history and language are not shared by the Yup'ik / Cup'ik people.
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Tlingit
The major Native group in Southeast Alaska is Tlingit.
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Tsimshian
Compared to other Native Alaskans, the Tsimshian are relative newcomers.
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Yup'ik / Cup'ik
The Eskimos of western and southwestern Alaska live in many villages, most of them along the great rivers and the coastline.
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