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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.
Binnyanaktuk Creek – from an Iñupiaq phrase meaning "superlatively rugged".; Iliamna Lake – from the Dena'ina phrase nila vena, meaning "lake of the island".; Ipnek Creek – from an Iñupiaq word ipnaiq meaning "sheep".
This is a list of Haida villages, located in Haida Gwaii and Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. The following list includes material from John R. Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America [ 1 ] and the Canadian Museum of History . [ 2 ]
Native Village of Larsen Bay is headquartered in the city of Larsen Bay in the Kodiak Island Borough of Alaska. [2] As of 2005, the tribe had 479 enrolled citizens. [3] ...
Kaktovik Village is headquartered in the city of Kaktovik in the North Slope Borough of Alaska. [2] As of 2005, the tribe had 231 enrolled citizens. [3]American institutions hold 700 Native American remains of interest to Kaktovik Village. 23 remains and 4,900 funerary objects have been repatriated to the tribe. 21 remains were repatriated by the U.S. Department of the Interior and two remains ...
In the 21st century, the remains of five Native American bodies have been repatriated to Kaguyak Village; three from Oregon State University and one each from the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, the Field Museum, and Michigan State University.
The Native Village of Wales is headquartered in the city of Wales in the Nome Census Area. According to the Native Village of Wales Tribal Council, the Wales community is "one of the oldest communities in the Bering Strait region." [2] The Native Village of Wales was organized under the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. [3]
The Algaaciq Native Village (St. Mary's) is a federally recognized Alaska Native village in St. Mary's in southwest Alaska. [2] They are Yup'ik people with a population of about 500. [1] Algaaciq is part of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region, and their ANCSA Alaska Native Regional Corporation is the Calista Corporation. [2]