Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska
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Anaktuvuk Pass Anaqtuuvak |
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| City | |
 Location in Alaska |
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| Coordinates: 68°08′35″N 151°44′01″W / 68.14306°N 151.73361°WCoordinates: 68°08′35″N 151°44′01″W / 68.14306°N 151.73361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Borough | North Slope |
| Settled | 1949 |
| Incorporated | June 1957 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Justus Mekiana, Jr. |
| • State senator | Donny Olson (D) |
| • State rep. | Dean Westlake (D) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.9 sq mi (12.7 km2) |
| • Land | 4.8 sq mi (12.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2) |
| Elevation | 2,239 ft (663 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 324 |
| • Density | 66/sq mi (26/km2) |
| Time zone | Alaskan (AKST) (UTC-9) |
| • Summer (DST) | AKDT (UTC-8) |
| ZIP codes | 99721 |
| Area code | 907 |
| FIPS code | 02-02080 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1398235, 2419354 |
Anaktuvuk Pass (Uhn-uk-too-vuk) (Anaqtuuvak or Naqsraq in Iñupiaq) is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 282 at the 2000 census and 324 as of the 2010 census.
Anaktuvuk Pass was named after the Anaktuvik River. Anaktuvuk is the English way of spelling annaqtugvik place of caribou droppings in Inupiaq, the language of the Inupiat.
There was a nomadic group of Inupiat called Nunamiut that lived inland in northern Alaska and lived by hunting caribou instead of the marine mammals and fish hunted by the rest of the Inupiat, who live on the coast. The Nunamiut traded with the coastal people for other items they needed. A decline in caribou populations in about 1900 and in the 1920s caused many Nunamiut to move to the coastal villages. In 1938, several families of Nunamiut moved back to the Brooks Range, around Tulugak and the Killik River. In 1949 the Tulugak group moved to Anaktuvuk Pass and later the Killik River group moved there also. Anaktuvuk Pass is the only Nunamiut settlement.
This settlement attracted Nunamiut from many other locations, and villagers today lead a somewhat more sedentary lifestyle than in earlier nomadic times. The City was incorporated in 1959. A Presbyterian Church was constructed in 1966.
A federally-recognized tribe is located in the community – the Village of Anaktuvuk Pass (a.k.a. Naqsragmiut Tribal Council). The population of the community consists of 88.3% Alaska Natives or part Native. Anaktuvuk Pass is a Nunamiut Eskimo community dependent upon subsistence activities. Sale, importation and possession of alcohol are banned in the village.
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