Alaska Natives
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Alaska Natives
- Here are entered works on the indigenous peoples of Alaska treated collectively. Works about individual cultures and tribes in Alaska are entered under the name of the culture or tribe subdivided geographically, e.g. [Aleuts--Alaska; Eskimos--Alaska.]
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009007114
- info:lc/authorities/sh2009007114
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2009007114#concept
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Variants
- Indigenous peoples--Alaska
- Indigenous peoples--United States
- Native Alaskans
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Sources
- found: Wikipedia, July 22, 2009 ("Alaska Natives are the indigenous peoples of Alaska. They include: Inupiat, Yupik, Aleut, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Eyak, and a number of Northern Athabaskan cultures.")
- found: U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs Web site, July 22, 2009 ("The Bureau of Indian Affairs' mission is to enhance the quality of life, to promote economic opportunity, and to carry out the responsibility to protect and improve the trust assets of American Indians, Indian tribes and Alaska Natives ... The BIA has changed dramatically over the past 185 years, evolving as Federal policies designed to subjugate and assimilate American Indians and Alaska Natives have changed to policies that promote Indian self-determination.")
- found: Google search, July 22, 2009 (Alaska Natives; Native Alaskans)
General Notes
- Here are entered works on the indigenous peoples of Alaska treated collectively. Works about individual cultures and tribes in Alaska are entered under the name of the culture or tribe subdivided geographically, e.g. [Aleuts--Alaska; Eskimos--Alaska.]
Example Notes
- Notes under [Aleuts--Alaska; Eskimos--Alaska]
Change Notes
- 2009-07-22: new
- 2011-04-29: revised
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