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PEOPLE GROUP PROFILE

The North Alaskan Inupiat of Canada

The North Alaskan Inupiat of Canada, numbering approximately 7,900 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are one of the major regional groups of the Iñupiat, an Indigenous Inuit people whose homelands span the northernmost and northwestern regions of Alaska. They mostly adhere to Protestantism and North Alaskan Inupiatun is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Inupiat, North Alaskan

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: North American Peoples
Country: Canada
People Cluster: Arctic Peoples
Primary Language(s): North Alaskan Inupiatun (esi)
Primary Religion(s): Protestantism
Population: 7,900
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): No Longer Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): 10% or Greater Evangelical
People Group ID: PG043446
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Protestantism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

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%
Protestantism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: North Alaskan Inupiatun
Language Family: Eskimo-Aleut

50%
%
Inupiatun, North Alaskan Speakers

Media Resources in North Alaskan Inupiatun:

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Bible Resources in North Alaskan Inupiatun:

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1 entry

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SPI: No longer Unreached

The North Alaskan Inupiat are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

Next steps for the North Alaskan Inupiat:
Empower local believers to begin praying for their own people
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting
Encourage local leaders to being leading church planting strategy and looking for Unreached and Unengaged groups nearby

Pray specifically for the North Alaskan Inupiat of Canada

Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me! O LORD, be my helper!
readPsalm 30:10

Pray that people in the depths of despair and suffering and living outside of relationship with Christ will cry out to the Lord and find help, peace, and joy in Him.

I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.
readDaniel 7:13-14

Pray that the gospel will advance so that all peoples will come to know the Son of Man, who has been given dominion and glory and a kingdom, and that they will bow before Him and serve Him forever.

Praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
readActs 2:47

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will use their faith and their church community as a testimony to the watching world and grow His Church.

He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
readPsalm 23:3

Pray for believers to go and share the gospel with others here. Ask that God will restore their souls and lead them in paths of righteousness for His name's sake.

Inupiat, North Alaskan Across Countries (ROP3 - 107396) reported in the following countries:

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2 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguage ▲Religion
North Alaskan InupiakPG043566North Alaskan InupiakUnited States10,000No Longer UnreachedEnglishProtestantism
North Alaskan InupiatPG043446North Alaskan InupiatCanada7,900No Longer UnreachedNorth Alaskan InupiatunProtestantism

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