Alaska, Hawaiʻi and the US Pacific
Iñupiat
Lands
Northwest and Arctic Alaska, from Norton Sound to the North Slope and the Canadian border, United States
Countries United States
Facts 3
Population
NANA Regional Corporation in Northwest Alaska is owned by Iñupiat shareholders, who numbered more than 15,500 in 2025 and elect its 23-member board.
As of 2025 Source: NANA Regional Corporation, NANA Shareholders Elect 2025 Board of Directors (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Language
Iñupiaq is taught in colleges, communities, schools and online, and even in immersion classes for young children before kindergarten.
As of 2021 Source: U.S. National Park Service, Indigenous Languages of Alaska: Iñupiaq (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Achievement
Iḷisaġvik College in Utqiaġvik was founded to teach from an Iñupiaq cultural foundation, and in 2006 it became the first and only federally recognized tribal college in Alaska.
As of 2006 Source: Iḷisaġvik College, About Iḷisaġvik College (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
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