Cultures
Below is a full list of the different Alaska Native cultures. Within each culture are many different tribes.
- Athabascan
- Ahtna
- Deg Hit’an
- Dena'ina
- Gwich’in
- Hän
- Holikachuk
- Kolchan
- Koyukon
- Lower Tanana
- Tanacross
- Upper Tanana
- Eyak
- Haida
- Tlingit
- Tsimshian
- Eskimo
- Inupiat (an Inuit people)
- Yupik
- Siberian Yupik
- Yup'ik
- Cup'ik
- Sugpiaq (Alutiiq)(Alutiqu)
- Chugach
- Koniag
- Aleut (in their own language they refer to themselves as Unangan)
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