Who were the original inhabitants of region nome Alaska?

The original inhabitants of the region now known as Alaska were various indigenous peoples who have inhabited the area for thousands of years. These groups include the various Athabascan-speaking peoples in the interior and northern parts of Alaska, the Inuit (Yup'ik and Inupiat) in the western and northern regions, the Tlingit and Haida in the southeastern panhandle, the Eyak in the Copper River area, the Tsimshian in the southeastern panhandle, and the Aleut in the Aleutian Islands.