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Iñupiat
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This article is about the ethnic group. For their language, see Inupiaq language.
The Iñupiat (or Iñupiaq[2]) 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.[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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Quick Facts Total population, Regions with significant populations ...
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Total population | |
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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 |
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