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'''Alaska Natives''' (also known as '''Alaskan Indians''', '''Alaskan Natives''', '''Native Alaskans''', '''Indigenous Alaskans''', '''Aboriginal Alaskans''' or '''First Alaskans''') are the [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indigenous peoples]] of [[Alaska]] and include [[Alaskan Creoles]], [[Iñupiat]], [[Yupik peoples|Yupik]], [[Aleut people|Aleut]], [[Eyak people|Eyak]], [[Tlingit people|Tlingit]], [[Haida people|Haida]], [[Tsimshian]], and a number of [[Alaskan Athabaskans|Northern Athabaskan]] cultures. They are often defined by their language groups. Many Alaska Natives are enrolled in federally recognized [[Alaska Native tribal entities]], who in turn belong to 13 [[Alaska Native Regional Corporations]], who administer land and financial claims.
Ancestors of Native Alaskans or Alaska Natives migrated into the area thousands of years ago, in at least two different waves. Some are descendants of the third wave of migration, in which people settled across the northern part of North America. They never migrated to southern areas.
Alaska Natives came from Asia. Anthropologists have stated that their journey from Asia to Alaska was made possible through the [[Beringia|Bering land bridge]] or by traveling Historical groups have been defined by their languages, which belong to several major language families. Today, Alaska Natives or Native Alaskans constitute more than 20% of the population of Alaska.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/AK#viewtop|title=U.S. Census Bureau Quick Facts |work=www.census.gov |date=2017}}</ref> ==List of peoples==
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