Alaska Native Heritage Center

[1] The Heritage Center, located ten miles from downtown Anchorage, is situated on 26 wooded acres.

Outside, visitors can tour the village sites, consisting of six life-sized Native dwellings surrounding Lake Tiulana.

Lawrence Island Yupik, Yup’ik/Cup’ik, Aleut, Alutiiq, and the Eyak, Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian peoples.

Youth interns lead many tours of the village sites, which also include artifacts for use in daily life.

[2] The nonprofit is operated by Alaska Natives and is one of the few tribally unaffiliated arts organizations that is run by Indigenous people.