native villages
Original inhabitant communities
Native villages are the original or ancestral settlements of indigenous peoples, particularly in Alaska where the term has legal significance for recognized Alaska Native communities.
The phrase emphasizes that these are not merely old settlements but the traditional homes of peoples who inhabited the land before colonization: The native village has governed itself for generations.
- originsPoints where things start
- forestsDensely treed land areas
- longhousesMulti-family indigenous dwellings
- hutsSmall crude dwellings
- eldersSenior community members
traditions · oral histories · folklore · stilt houses · indigenous languages · communal living · tribal elders · colonial encounters · ancestral lands · sacred grounds · land back · councils · treaties · rivers · migrations · ceremonies · archaeological sites · mountains
- AlaskaFairbanks, Juneau, Denali, Sitka, Kodiak
- isolated communitiesmountain towns, desert tribes, monastery, convent, monasteries
- Alaska Bushbush pilots, bush planes, off-grid living, subsistence hunting, cabin life
- Alaska NativesAleut, Unangan, Athabaskan, Athabascan, Haida
- Arctic AlaskaKiana, Arctic Ocean, polar bears, polar bear, caribou
- Native Landstribal lands, allotments, ancestral lands, indigenous territories, traditional lands
native villagescolonial settlements
Established communities in claimed territories
colonial towns · garrison towns · trading posts · mission stations · frontier towns
native, natives, nativity, nation, national, nationally, nationality, nationalize, nationalization