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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.
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 ...
Roald Amundsen (1872–1928), frequently passed through Alaska in his travels; Hubert Howe Bancroft (1832–1918), whose 19th-century published history of Alaska, part of a larger series, formed an important foundation for later study of Alaskan history; Alexander Baranof (1746–1819)
Chugach / ˈ tʃ uː ɡ æ tʃ /, Chugach Sugpiaq or Chugachigmiut is the name of an Alaska Native people in the region of the Kenai Peninsula and Prince William Sound on the southern coast of Alaska. The Chugach people are an Alutiiq (Pacific Native) people who speak the Chugach dialect of the Alutiiq language.
Their real names. Some members of the Alaskan Bush People family have "wild" names. But those are not their legal names. Bear Brown's real name is Solomon, and Bam Bam Brown's real name is Joshua.
Klawock – from the Tlingit phrase ɬawa:k, the name given to a subgroup of the Tlingit tribe. Kotlik – from the Yup'ik phrase qerrulliik, whose English translation is unclear. Kwethluk – from the Yup'ik phrase kuiggluk, meaning "unnatural river". Noorvik – from the Iñupiaq phrase nuurvik, meaning "a place to move to".
List of Native American deities, sortable by name of tribe or name of deity. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The Tlingit people of Southeast Alaska and Western Canada speak the Tlingit language (Lingít [ɬɪ̀nkítʰ]), [6] which is a branch of the Na-Dené language family. Lingít has a complex grammar and sound system and also uses certain phonemes unheard in almost any other language.