The Native Village of Nelson Lagoon is a federally recognized
Aleut
The Aleuts ( ; russian: Алеуты, Aleuty) are the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands, which are located between the North Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea. Both the Aleut people and the islands are politically divided between the U ...
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.
About
The Native Village of Nelson Lagoon is headquartered at the city of
Nelson Lagoon in the
Aleutians East Borough
Aleutians East Borough () is a 2nd class List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska, borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census the borough's population was 3,420. The borough seat is Sand Point, Alas ...
. Historically, Nelson Lagoon was a summer fishing camp for Aleuts. As of 2005, the tribe had 50 enrolled citizens.
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 Aleut Region ANCSA Regional Association
Aleutians East Borough, Alaska
Aleut tribes
Alaska Peninsula