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Point Hope (Inupiaq: Tikiġaq, IPA:) is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 674, down from 757 in 2000. In the 2020 Census, the population rose to 830.
The Ipiutak site is a large archaeological site at Point Hope in northwest Alaska, United States. It is one of the most important discoveries in this area, competing only with Ekven, Russia. It is the type site for the Ipiutak culture, which arose possibly as early as 100–200 BCE and collapsed around 800 CE.
The Village of Point Hope is headquartered in the city of Point Hope in the North Slope Borough of Alaska. [2] As of 2005, the tribe had 841 enrolled citizens. [ 3 ]
The racial makeup of the borough was 53.2% Native American or Alaska Native, 32.7% White, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 1.8% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 1.6% African American, and 5.3% were from two or more races. 4.6% of the population were veterans, and 6.3% were born outside of the United States.
About 1,500 years ago, when Tikiġaġmiut first settled the Point Hope area, they did not depend on whale hunting. Instead, early Tikiġaġmiut were notable for producing elaborate and beautiful art in an artstyle called Ipiutak, after the place where archaeologists first found the artwork. But the Tikagaq's past is a present-day mystery with ...
Jul. 26—POINT HOPE — About 30 years ago, a 26-year-old man traveled from Japan to Point Hope and pitched a tent on the beach along the Chukchi Sea. Since then, he has been coming to the ...
Point Hope (Iñupiaq: Tikiġaq) is a headland in the U.S. state of Alaska, located at the western tip of the Lisburne Peninsula. It lies on the Chukchi Sea coast, 40 miles southwest of Cape Lisburne, Arctic Slope at 68°20′27″N 166°50′00″W / 68.34083°N 166.83333°W / 68.34083; -166.83333 (68.347052, -166.762917
Members of the band "Annie Bartholomew and The Sitka Roses" play a bluegrass concert on the deck of the Historic Hope Cafe in Hope, Alaska, as audience members dance in the dirt road in front.