How to Use Alaska Native in a Sentence

Alaska Native

noun
  • Peltola, the first Alaska Native to serve in Congress, ultimately lost her reelection bid for Alaska's sole House seat in 2024.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Black adolescents had lower odds of past-year inhalant use compared with White adolescents, while Native American and Alaska Native adolescents had higher odds of inhalant use disorder, and Asian adolescents had lower odds of inhalant use disorder.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
  • Up in the Last Frontier, the Huna Tlingit guides at Alaska Native Voices work closely with park rangers, lodges, and cruise ships to share their knowledge of Glacier Bay National Park through storytelling, singing, and crafts.
    — Pauly Denetclaw, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2021
  • Kate Nelson, an Alaska Native Tlingit tribal member, is an award-winning writer and editor living in Minneapolis who regularly covers Indigenous travel experiences.
    — Kate Nelson, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The reduction was more pronounced in participants with American Indian, Alaska Native, Asian or Pacific Islander ancestry, at 41% and 38% respectively.
    — Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2026
  • New Alaska-exclusive cast members include a Lumberjack leading axe-throwing demonstrations, a field ecologist serving as a naturalist and a Cultural Heritage Guide from Alaska Native Voices offering workshops and storytelling onboard.
    — Josh Rivera, USA Today, 29 May 2026

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