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Alaska Native Heritage Center

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The Alaska Native Heritage Center is located a short distance northeast of Anchorage, Alaska. Its mission is to "celebrates, perpetuates and preserves the unique Alaska Native Cultures, languages, traditions and values through celebration and education." The Center has both an indoor exhibit space (The Welcome House) including a performance stage (The Gathering Place) and an outdoor lake surrounded by reproduction villages depicting the different native people of Alaska. The Gathering Place features demonstrations of dance and athletic activities. The indoor space includes a theater, gift shop, craft merchants, and a cafe on the patio. The Village consists of five different dwelling types reproduced along a trail that circles the two-acre lake.
In 1987, the Alaska Federation of Natives unanimously approving the plan to establish a statewide Native culture center where the native and non-native communities could gather and share the native culture. A year and a half later The Alaska Native Heritage Center was formed. It is an independent non-profit tax exempt organization.
Summer Hours (Mid-May to September) 9:00 am to 5:00 pm daily.
Winter Hours (November to April) 10:30 am to 4:30 pm. Verify with the official web site before visiting.
Location:

8800 Heritage Center Drive
Anchorage, AK 99506
Take Glen Highway north.
907-330-8000
800-315-6608
www.alaskanative.net
The center also has an in-town gift shop at 333 West 4th Ave. in Anchorage. 907-272-5048. A free shuttle runs between the center and the in-town store.





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