The Algaaciq Native Village (St. Mary's) is a
federally recognized
This is a list of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States. There are also federally recognized Alaska Native tribes. , 574 Indian tribes are legally recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) of the United States. Alaska Native village in
St. Mary's in southwest Alaska.
They are
Yup'ik people
The Yupʼik or Yupiaq (sg & pl) and Yupiit or Yupiat (pl), also Central Alaskan Yupʼik, Central Yupʼik, Alaskan Yupʼik ( own name ''Yupʼik'' sg ''Yupiik'' dual ''Yupiit'' pl; Russian: Юпики центральной Аляски), are an ...
with a population of about 500.
Algaaciq is part of the
Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region, and their
ANCSA
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) was signed into law by U.S. President, President Richard Nixon on December 18, 1971, constituting what is still the largest land claims settlement in United States history. ANCSA was intended to reso ...
Alaska Native Regional Corporation is the
Calista Corporation
Calista Corporation (pronounced ) is one of thirteen Alaska Native Regional Corporations created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA) in settlement of aboriginal land claims. Calista was incorporated in Alaska on June 12, 1 ...
.
Government
Algaaciq elects a president and tribal council. Their current president is Flora Pauken.
They maintain their own tribal court.
Location
The village is located where the
Andreafsky and
Yukon River
The Yukon River is a major watercourse of northwestern North America. From its source in British Columbia, it flows through Canada's territory of Yukon (itself named after the river). The lower half of the river continues westward through the U.S ...
s meet.
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Demographics
In 2010, an individual per capita income was $15,688. A medium household earned $38,000. About 25.7 percent of the adults in village were unemployed.[ Subsistence hunting and gathering is still economically vital to the community.][
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See also
* List of Alaska Native tribal entities
* Yup'ik cuisine
* Yup'ik languages
The Yupik languages () are a family of languages spoken by the Yupik peoples of western and south-central Alaska and Chukotka. The Yupik languages differ enough from one another that they are not mutually intelligible, although speakers of one ...
External links
Algaaciq Native Village
References
Native American tribes in Alaska
Yupik tribes
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