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3 unusual facts about Alaska Natives


1989 Pulitzer Prize

Anchorage Daily News, for reporting about the high incidence of alcoholism and suicide among native Alaskans in a series that focused attention on their despair and resulted in various reforms.

Central Alaskan Yup'ik language

Both in ethnic population and in number of speakers, Central Alaskan Yup'ik is the largest of the languages spoken by Alaska Natives.

Sitka High School

The school's student body is primarily composed of Caucasians, Alaskan Natives, and Asian-Pacific Islanders.


Afognak

The descendants of the Native inhabitants of the island are officially recognized as the Native Village of Afognak, most of whom live in Port Lions or Kodiak.

Crow Village, Alaska

Crow Village was originally called Tulukaghogamiut by the native Yup'ik population, which roughly translates as "Raven Village People".

Executive Order 9066

The CWRIC was appointed to conduct an official governmental study of Executive Order 9066, related wartime orders, and their impact on Japanese Americans in the West and Alaska Natives in the Pribilof Islands.

Joint-stock company

In addition to typical corporations in the United States, the federal government, in 1971 passed the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA), which authorized the creation of 12 regional native corporations for Alaska Natives and over 200 village corporations that were entitled to a settlement of land and cash.


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Davis Wright Tremaine

The firm’s noteworthy representations have included serving as lead counsel for 30,000 plaintiffs in consolidated proceedings on behalf of fishermen, processors, Alaska natives, landowners, businesses, and others injured as a result of the spill of 11.8 million gallons of North Slope crude oil into the coastal waters of Alaska by the Exxon Valdez.

Urban Indian

In 1999, Kenneth Prewitt, director of the United States Census Bureau estimated that the census under counts American Indians and Alaska Natives by just over 12 percent.