Kiana (Inupiaq: Katyaak or Katyaaq) is a city in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, United States.

Before Kiana became a village, the Inupiat tended to travel with certain animal herds; constantly hunting for meat and furs.

Archaeological studies have been done on the local site 'Igliqtiqsiugvigruaq' (Swift Water Place) which was inhabited by the ancestors of the present day residents of Kiana from 1790 to 1810.

[5] Kiana is the central village of the Kobuk river, for Kowagmiut Inupaiq Eskimos.

Kiana became known to the Federal Government after a population increase, eventually making the town in to a city, in the year 1915.

During that time, Kiana became a key supply city for coal and gold miners who were posted along the Squirrel River.

The trading post was the only store with goods such as flour, salt, carbonated beverages, coffee, tea, sugar, and fruit, both dried and canned.

The first villages in the region to start teaching the Inupiaq language in public school were Ambler, Shungnak, and Kobuk.

Viola Barr and Rosaline Jackson were the first people in Kiana to teach Inupiaq language in a classroom in 1971.

[7] Before white people came to the region, the children of Kiana grew up speaking the Inupiaq language.

[9] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2), all of it land.

Evidence of rising temperatures each month, and increased precipitation (except July) has also been recorded.

The Kobuk River is navigable by boat from May to October; it is frozen for the remainder of the year.

They chose to merge the two governments and formed a joint council since they were working with similar visions.

The merged organization of governments held joint council meetings and planning sessions.

[10] Types of land transportation used by the people in Kiana are all terrain vehicles, cars, trucks, and snow machines.

[10] In the winter, an ice road is usually plowed or formed on the Kobuk River from Kiana to Noorvik; it extends all the way to Kotzebue.