Native Alaskan

noun

variants or less commonly native Alaskan
plural Native Alaskans also native Alaskans
: a member of any of the Indigenous arctic peoples of the area that is now Alaska : alaska native

Word History

First Known Use

1868, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Native Alaskan was in 1868

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“Native Alaskan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Native%20Alaskan. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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