Peoples of the North
Alaska is the northwestern-most of the United
States and the only state that extends into the
Arctic. Most of the state is included in the
AMAP assessment, the exception being the
southeastern ‘panhandle.’ It is a wider area
than the US definition of Arctic Alaska; see the
figure opposite. There are three groups of Alaska Natives,
commonly called Aleut, Inuit (or Eskimo), and
Indian. About 73000 of them live in the area
of AMAP’s responsibility, where they make up
about 15 percent of the population. In many
rural areas, they are in the majority.
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