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Ninilchik (Dena'ina: Niqnalchint, Russian: Нинильчик, Alaskan Russian: N'in'íl'chik) [2] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 883, [3] up from 772 in 2000. It is considered an Alaska Native village under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
It is 33 miles (53 km) north of the Arctic Circle on Alaska's western coast. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 28.7 square miles (74 km 2 ), of which 27.0 square miles (70 km 2 ) is land, and 1.6 square miles (4.1 km 2 ), or 5.76%, is water.
Coldfoot is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska.The population was 34 at the 2020 census.It is said that the name was derived from travelers getting "cold feet" about making the 240-some-mile journey north to Deadhorse.
Ouzinkie (/ j uː ˈ z ɪ ŋ k i /, Uusenkaaq [5] in Alutiiq, Russian: Узинки) is a hamlet on Spruce Island in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 161, down from 225 in 2000.
The Alaska Native Sisterhood (ANS) was created in 1915. [30] Also in 1915, the Alaska Territorial legislature passed a law allowing Alaskan Natives the right to vote – but on the condition that they give up their cultural customs and traditions. [31] The Indian Citizenship Act, passed in 1924, gave all Native Americans United States ...
The Pacific Flyway is a major north–south flyway for migratory birds in the Americas, extending from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego. Due to the funnel-like shape of its land mass, migratory birds can be seen in very high concentrations in Central America, especially in the spring and autumn.
Big Delta is a census-designated place (CDP) in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, United States.The population was 591 at the 2010 census, down from 749 in 2000.Big Delta is at the confluence of the Delta River and the Tanana River and gets its name from the huge river delta formed by the confluence.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.4 square miles (6.1 km 2), all land. [3] [4]North Amityville is bordered by the hamlet of East Massapequa (in Nassau County) to the west, the hamlet of East Farmingdale to the north, the hamlet of North Lindenhurst to the southeast, the Village of Lindenhurst to the southeast, and the Village of Amityville and the ...