List of Alaska Native tribal entities

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Alaska Natives:
A-- Na-Dene-speaking peoples:
a-- Yukon Subarctic : Alaskan Athabaskans
b-- Northwest Coast : Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian
B-- Eskimo-Aleut-speaking peoples:
a-- Unangan (Aleut)
b-- Sugpiaq (Alutiiq): West Sugpiaq (Kaniagmiut) ve East Sugpiaq (Chugachigmiut)
c-- Central Alaskan Yup'ik (Ogulmiut, Togiagamiut, Nushagagmiut, Kuskokwagmiut, Kaialigamiut, Magemiut, Ikogmiut, Unaligmiut)
d-- Nunivak Cup'ig (Nunivagmiut)
e-- Inupiat (Kaviagmiut, Kinugumiut, Malemiut, Noatagmiut, Nunatagmiut, Oturkagmiut, Killirmiut, Kopagmiut, Kugmiut, Utkiavigmiut) and Uummarmiut
f-- Siberian Yupik (St. Lawrence Island Yupik) Early Indian Languages Alaska.jpg
Alaska Natives:
A— Na–Dene-speaking peoples:
a— Yukon Subarctic : Alaskan Athabaskans
b— Northwest Coast : Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian
B— Eskimo–Aleut-speaking peoples:
a— Unangan (Aleut)
b— Sugpiaq (Alutiiq): West Sugpiaq (Kaniagmiut) ve East Sugpiaq (Chugachigmiut)
c— Central Alaskan Yup'ik (Ogulmiut, Togiagamiut, Nushagagmiut, Kuskokwagmiut, Kaialigamiut, Magemiut, Ikogmiut, Unaligmiut)
d— Nunivak Cup'ig (Nunivagmiut)
e— Inupiat (Kaviagmiut, Kinugumiut, Malemiut, Noatagmiut, Nunatagmiut, Oturkagmiut, Killirmiut, Kopagmiut, Kugmiut, Utkiavigmiut) and Uummarmiut
f— Siberian Yupik (St. Lawrence Island Yupik)

This list of Alaska Native tribal entities names the federally recognized tribes in the state of Alaska.

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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), [1] when the number of Alaskan Native tribes entities totaled 231.

The list is maintained in alphabetical order with respect to the name of the tribe or village.

Note that while the names of Alaska Native tribal entities often include "Village of" or "Native Village of," in most cases, the tribal entity cannot be considered as identical to the city, town, or census-designated place in which the tribe is located, as some residents may be non-tribal members and a separate city government may exist. Nor should Alaska Native tribes be confused with Alaska Native Regional Corporations, which are a class of Alaska for-profit corporations created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) of 1971.

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References

Federal Registers

Federal Registers containing the "Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs" to which "Federally recognized tribes" and "List of Alaska Native Tribal Entities" derive their listings. To view the Federal Register, please visit The Federal Register page of the GPO.

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