Sorry if I confused my Subscribers. I really felt I had to revise the original video to include a few more important travel tips to Alaska. I greatly appreciate all the kind words and support of my channel, doing my best to show you all things Alaska related:)
I personally don't know of any Alaskans that speak Russian. However, I went to college with a few Russian friends that choose to live here in Alaska, or married an Alaskan to stay here.
@@ravirajput3467 thank you, good question. Alaska Natives lived (owned) Alaska before the Russians came to it. The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) allowed the Natives to speak up for their land, and the U.S. allowed the Natives to own corporations and rights to their land and share a percentage of the resources collected in their lands. Alaska Natives mainly speak English, but some of the different tribes can speak their Native language fluently, such as the Eskimos on the west coast and far north. There are a small number of Athabaskan Natives in the Interior that know their language fluently, but mainly it's the elderly. I'm guessing it's the same for the Aleut people in the southwest and the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian Natives in the southeast. I have friends in multiple areas of Alaska, and I had never heard them fluently speak their language. I'm half Alaska Native but sadly only my mom knows the language and we were never taught it, since they as children were forced by Missionary (church people that came here) not to speak it and punished it if they did. It's a delicate subject, the abuse that the church missionaries had on the Alaska Natives a long time ago. And a lot of the Alaska Natives I know, aren't full 100% blood of their tribe. We all have a small amount of Russian mix or European mix in us. It's why some Natives can look white, but are Native. Sorry for the long answer, but it's my best attempt to answer your question. Willliam Hensley mentioned in articles, and I think he wrote a book too, about the Alaska Natives before the Russians came here and then "sold" Alaska to the U.S.
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Sorry if I confused my Subscribers. I really felt I had to revise the original video to include a few more important travel tips to Alaska. I greatly appreciate all the kind words and support of my channel, doing my best to show you all things Alaska related:)
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क्या अलास्का के लोग रूसी बोलते हैं?
I personally don't know of any Alaskans that speak Russian. However, I went to college with a few Russian friends that choose to live here in Alaska, or married an Alaskan to stay here.
@@realalaskaliving i asked this because earlier it was part of Soviet union
@@ravirajput3467 thank you, good question. Alaska Natives lived (owned) Alaska before the Russians came to it. The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) allowed the Natives to speak up for their land, and the U.S. allowed the Natives to own corporations and rights to their land and share a percentage of the resources collected in their lands. Alaska Natives mainly speak English, but some of the different tribes can speak their Native language fluently, such as the Eskimos on the west coast and far north. There are a small number of Athabaskan Natives in the Interior that know their language fluently, but mainly it's the elderly. I'm guessing it's the same for the Aleut people in the southwest and the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian Natives in the southeast. I have friends in multiple areas of Alaska, and I had never heard them fluently speak their language. I'm half Alaska Native but sadly only my mom knows the language and we were never taught it, since they as children were forced by Missionary (church people that came here) not to speak it and punished it if they did. It's a delicate subject, the abuse that the church missionaries had on the Alaska Natives a long time ago. And a lot of the Alaska Natives I know, aren't full 100% blood of their tribe. We all have a small amount of Russian mix or European mix in us. It's why some Natives can look white, but are Native. Sorry for the long answer, but it's my best attempt to answer your question. Willliam Hensley mentioned in articles, and I think he wrote a book too, about the Alaska Natives before the Russians came here and then "sold" Alaska to the U.S.