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According to the 2000 U.S. Census, 75% of Alaska residents are white. 15.6% are American Indian or Alaska Native, the largest proportion of any state. Multiracial/Mixed-Race people are the third largest group of people in the state, totaling 6.9% of the population. The largest self-reported ancestry groups in the state are German (16.6%), Alaska Native or American Indian (15.6%), Irish (10.8%), British (9.6%), American (5.7%), and Norwegian (4.2%).
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About a third of Alaska Natives are American Indians. The major tribes are the Alaskan Athabaskan in the central part of the state, and the Tlingit, Tsimshian, and Haida in the southeast.
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At the end of the Upper Paleolithic Period (around 12,000 BC), Asiatic groups crossed the Bering Land Bridge into what is now western Alaska. At the time of European contact by the Russian explorers, the area was populated by Alaska Native groups.
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Unicom is an Alaska native owned telecommunications carrier. Unicom, and its affiliate, United Utilities, provide local exchange, long distance, and wireless telecommunication services to 70 rural Alaskan communities that cover an area of over 150,000 square miles.
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