Subarctic Culture Area
anthropology
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Native American cultural areas
- In Native American: The Subarctic
This region lies south of the Arctic and encompasses most of present-day Alaska and most of Canada, excluding the Maritime Provinces (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island), which are part of the Northeast culture area. The topography is relatively flat, the climate…
Read More - In American Subarctic peoples
…area of residence is the subarctic region of Alaska and Canada. Those from Alaska are often referred to in aggregate as Native Alaskans, while in Canada they are known as First Nations peoples (see Sidebar: Tribal Nomenclature: American Indian, Native American, and First Nation). Although some Eskimo (Inuit and Yupik/Yupiit)…
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