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MeSH Heading: Alaska Natives
Tree Number(s): M01.270.968.500.600.094; M01.686.477.250.600.094
Unique ID: D000072957
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000072957
Annotation: specify ethnic group if pertinent; do not confuse with INUIT
Scope Note: Persons having origins in any indigenous people of ALASKA and their descendants.
Entry Term(s): Alaska's Indigenous People; Alaskan Natives; Indigenous Alaskans; Indigenous People of Alaska; Native Alaskans
Previous Indexing: Alaska (1978-2016); Indians, North American (1974-2016); Inuits (1991-2016)
See Also: Inuit
Public MeSH Note: 2017
History Note: 2017
Date Established: 2017/01/01
Date of Entry: 2016/07/08
Revision Date: 2023/01/04

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

education (ED)

ethnology (EH)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

psychology (PX)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

Concept UI: M000619305
Scope Note: Persons having origins in any indigenous people of ALASKA and their descendants.
Terms: Alaska Natives Preferred Term
Term UI T000903507
Date07/01/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Alaskan Natives
Term UI T001084424
Date07/08/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Alaska's Indigenous People
Term UI T000903509
Date07/01/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Indigenous People of Alaska
Term UI T000903510
Date07/01/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Indigenous Alaskans
Term UI T001084425
Date07/08/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Native Alaskans
Term UI T001087669
Date08/26/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017)

Alaska Natives MeSH Descriptor Data 2025