The Native Village of Karluk is a federally recognized
Alutiiq
The Alutiiq people (pronounced in English; from Promyshlenniki Russian Алеутъ, "Aleut"; plural often "Alutiit"), also called by their ancestral name ( or ; plural often "Sugpiat"), as well as Pacific Eskimo or Pacific Yupik, are a sout ...
Alaska Native
Alaska Natives (also known as Alaskan Natives, Native Alaskans, Indigenous Alaskans, Aboriginal Alaskans or First Alaskans) are the indigenous peoples of Alaska and include Iñupiat, Yupik, Aleut, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, and a numbe ...
tribal entity.
History
Native Village of Karluk is headquartered in the city of
Karluk in the
Kodiak Island Borough
Kodiak Island Borough (russian: Остров Кадьяк) is a borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2020 census, the population was 13,101,
down from 13,592 in 2010. The borough seat is Kodiak.
Geography
The borough has a total are ...
of Alaska. As of 2005, the tribe has 189 enrolled citizens.
In 2023, the Native Village of Karluk released a viral advertisement that offered to cover all expenses for any two families who agreed to move to Karluk. Thousands of people responded to the advertisement. The Karluk Tribal Council produced the advertisement due to the community's dwindling population. In 2023, only 37 people lived in Karluk.
See also
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List of Alaska Native tribal entities
This list of Alaska Native tribal entities names the federally recognized tribes in the state of Alaska.
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 explains how these Alaska Native villages came to be tracked this way. This version was upda ...
References
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External links
List of Federally Recognized Tribes in the Koniag Region ANCSA Regional Association
Alutiiq tribes
Kodiak Island