Indigenous peoples of the Arctic countries

Aleut
previously
Ainu
previously
Ainu
Aleut
Aleut
previously
Ainu
Kamchadal
Taz
Even
Alutiiq
Koryak
Central
Alaskan
Yup'ik
Alutiiq
Haida
Nootka
Dena’ina
ALASKA
Eyak
Tsimshian
Salish
U S A
C A N AD
A
Cree
Yukagir
Gwich'in
Sakha
(Yakut)
Even
Northern
Slavey
Inuvialuit
Evenk
Dolgan
Inuit
Evenk
Nganasan
Ket
Enets
NUNAVUT
Nenets
Buryat
Soyot
Buryat
Tofa Tuvinians
TuvinianTodzhin
Tuvinians
Khakas Chelkan
Shor Telengit
Tuba
Teleut KumanAltai
din
Chulym
Selkup
Nenets
Khant
Inuit
80o
Cree
Khant
GREENLAND
Kalaallit
70o
Kalaallit
N
Saami
Abnaki
Komi
KomiKomi Permyaks
Kalaallit
Naskapi
Mansi
IzhmaKomi
IO
MontagnaisNaskapi
Ket
Selkup
Kalaallit
Buryat
Evenk
Nenets
Haudenosaunee
Evenk
Inuit
Inuit
Haudeno- Algonkin
saunee
Huron
Evenk
Sakha
(Yakut)
I A N F E D E RAT
Ojibwa
Even
Yukagir
Yellowknife
Chipewyan
Cree
Chukchi
Evenk
Even
SS
Dogrib
Cree
Cree
Bear
Lake
Orok Ulchi
Nanai
Nivkh Negidal
RU
Assiniboine
Kaska
Southern
Slavey
Beaver
Atsina
Tlingit
Sarsi
Blackfoot
Chuvan
Tanacross
Upper
Ahtna
Upper Tanana Kuskokwim Iñupiat
Tsetsaut
Tuchone Tanana
Carrier
Deg
Tahltan Tlingit
Hit'an
Babine
Holikachuk
Tagish
Sekani
Hän
Koyukon
Iñupiat
Kwakiutl
Itelmen
Alyutor
Chukchi
Siberian
Yup'ik
Udege
Orochi
Koryak
Kerek
Ainu
Karelians
Saami
Karelians
Vepsians
ICELAND
Beothuk
Saami
FAROE
ISLANDS
Faroese
FINLAND
NORWAY
60o
SWEDEN
DENMARK
50o
Indigenous peoples of the Arctic countries
Subdivision according to language families
Na'Dene family
Eskimo-Aleut family
Inuit group of Eskimo branch
Athabaskan branch
Yupik group of Eskimo branch
Eyak branch
Aleut group
Tlingit branch
Haida branch
Penutan family
Macro-Algonkian family
Algonkian branch
Wakasha branch
Salish branch
Macro-Sioux family
Sioux branch
Iroquois branch
Indo-European family
Germanic branch
Uralic-Yukagiran family
Finno-Ugric branch
Samodic branch
Yukagiran branch
Altaic family
Turkic branch
Notes:
For the USA, only peoples in the State of Alaska are shown. For the Russian
Federation, only peoples of the North, Siberia and Far East are shown.
Majority populations of independent states are not shown, not even when
they form minorities in adjacent countries (e.g. Finns in Norway).
Areas show colours according to the original languages of the respective
indigenous peoples, even if they do not speak these languages today.
Overlapping populations are not shown. The map does not claim to show
exact boundaries between the individual groups.
In the Russian Federation, indigenous peoples have a special status only when
numbering less than 50,000. Names of larger indigenous peoples are written
in green.
Mongolic branch
Tunguso-Manchurian branch
Chukotko-Kamchatkan family
Ket (isolated language)
Nivkh (isolated language)
Ainu (isolated language)
compiled by W.K. Dallmann
© Norwegian Polar Institute