Iñupiat
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The Iñupiat (or Inupiat, Iñupiaq or Inupiaq[2]) are a group of indigenous Alaskans whose traditional territory roughly spans northeast from Norton Sound on the Bering Sea to the northernmost part of the Canada–United States border.[3][4][5][6] Their current communities include 34 villages across Iñupiat Nunaat (Iñupiaq lands), including seven Alaskan villages in the North Slope Borough, affiliated with the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation; eleven villages in Northwest Arctic Borough; and sixteen villages affiliated with the Bering Straits Regional Corporation.[7] They often claim to be the first people of the Kauwerak.[8]
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 20,709 (2015) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| North and northwest Alaska (United States) | |
| Languages | |
| English, Inupiaq[1] | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity, Animism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Inuit, Yupik |