The Native Village of Atqasuk is a federally recognized
Iñupiat
The Iñupiat (or Inupiat, Iñupiaq or Inupiaq;) are a group of Alaska Natives, whose traditional territory roughly spans northeast from Norton Sound on the Bering Sea to the northernmost part of the Canada–United States border. Their current ...
Alaska Native tribal entity.
About
Native Village of Atqasuk is headquartered in the city of
Atqasuk in the
North Slope Borough
The North Slope Borough is the northernmost borough in the US state of Alaska and thus, the northernmost county or equivalent of the United States as a whole. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,031. The borough seat and largest city i ...
of Alaska. As of 2005, the tribe had 254 enrolled citizens.
See also
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List of Alaska Native tribal entities
This list of Alaska Native tribal entities names the federally recognized tribes in the state of Alaska.
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 explains how these Alaska Native villages came to be tracked this way. This version was upda ...
References
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External links
List of Federally Recognized Tribes in the Arctic Slope Region ANCSA Regional Association
Inupiat tribes