The earliest artefacts from the Inuit people are from 18, years ago and they were discovered in Siberia. It is believed that the descendants of the Siberian Inuit have settled in Alaska about 4, years ago and spread to the rest of the Americas from there. The reason we know this is because scientists have excavated artefacts in Alaska which were very similar to those from Siberia, the artefacts were 3, years old. Inuit people are both culturally and biologically very distinct from neighbouring indigenous communities in the rest of the Americas, or the Saami on the Russian side.
Studies comparing the different languages of the Inuit with Ojibwe or Cree indicate that they originated completely separately. Physiologically, many Inuit have the B blood type, which is absent in the blood of neighbouring communities.
An icebound environment means that the diets of the local people lack in vegetable foods and fruits, but consist mainly of caribou, whale, seals and walrus. Indigenous Alaska is comprised of many distinct cultures. Tlingit artist and culture bearer Nathan Jackson works on a silver piece in his studio at Saxman Village, Alaska, in Our cousins to the south call themselves Yupiit — Yupik for singular, but their language is Yupik as well.
In this October 7, , photo, a cutter takes a break and drinks a soup of boiled bowhead whale meat and blubber while butchering a whale in a field near Barrow, Alaska.
As workers continue with the cutting and hooking of the whale blubber, others prepare a soup to warm the crews. Russia sold Alaska to the U. At that time, Alaska Natives numbered about 30, Alaska Natives were not citizens of the United States for 57 years. From , when the U. The U. The Act established Alaska Native regional and village corporations to manage the lands and funds for its shareholders.
The fight for rights continues today. Land owned by Alaska Natives is not held in trust, like reservations in the lower 48, but is owned fee simple, Williams said. According to Hensley, undeveloped land is not taxed, but developed land is taxed. Alaska Native Tribes have asserted their existence and jurisdiction by various governmental activities, including hearing a wide variety of cases in their own courts, according to the university.
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