People

Illustration of the paleoarctic tradition.
Art - Matt Twombly / Writer - Johnna Rizzo / Cartographer - Jerome Cookson

Adventurers. Pioneers. Veterans. The first North Americans. Alaska's human history stretches back 14,000 years - what are now Alaska's national parks and wilderness areas encompass some of the oldest inhabited land in North America. Discover the stories of Alaska's people through time, and how they shaped the future of this great land.