ALASKA'S NATIVE PEOPLE ARE DIVIDED INTO 11 DISTINCT CULTURES.
11 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES SPOKEN AND 22 DIFFERENT DIALECTS. VILLAGE LIFE IS ABOUT SUBSISTENCE AND TRADITION. FIVE DISTINCT REGIONS: Inside Passage - South-central - Southwest - Interior - Far North CULTURES OF ALASKA: Athabascans - Unangax & Alutiiq (Sugpiaq) - Yup'ik & Cup'ik - Inupiaq & the St. Lawrence Island Yupik - Eyak, Tlingit, Haida & Tsimshian |
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