The Filipino Ati-Atihan festival Dancers, wearing eagle costumes, lead the exit procession from Alaska Gov. Bill Walker's inauguration ceremony Monday, Dec. 1, 2014 in Juneau, Alaska's Centennial Hall.
People of Filipino descent represent the largest Asian American subgroup in the State of Alaska.[1] Filipino seamen are recorded as having contact with Alaska Natives as early as 1788, and Filipino immigrants continued to arrive as workers in Alaska's developing natural resource industries: as sailors on American whaling ships; as ore sorters for gold mines in Juneau and Douglas Island; and as salmon cannery workers (called Alaskeros).[2]: x Alaska's Filipino community has a long history of interaction and intermarriage with Alaska Native communities, and many Filipinos in Alaska also claim Alaska Native heritage.
In 2014, Filipinos made up 52% of Alaska's Asian and Pacific Islander population.[1] In 2010, they represented 2.7% of Alaska's total population.[3] Filipino Americans are the largest racial minority in the city of Anchorage, and also have large numbers in the Aleutians and Kodiak Island.[4]
intermarriage with Alaska Native communities, and many FilipinosinAlaska also claim Alaska Native heritage. In 2014, Filipinos made up 52% of Alaska's Asian and...
Americans, and the largest population of Overseas Filipinos. The first recorded presence of Filipinosin what is now the United States dates to October 1587...
Alaska (/əˈlæskə/ ə-LASS-kə) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. It is in the Western United States region. The...
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As of 2020, Alaska has a population of 733,391. In 2005, the population of Alaska was 663,661, which is an increase of 5,906, or 0.9%, from the prior...
1974 through 1982. She was the author of the book FilipinosinAlaska: 1788-1958, which is now in its third printing and is available through the Anchorage...
Ewiniar in the Philippines. On May 29, the JTWC began tracking an area of convection located 406 km (252 mi) southeast of Haikou, China. Being in an area...
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Palau, traversing the Philippines, and bringing heavy rains over the country. Cyclone Remal formed in the Bay of Bengal on May 24. In the latter part of...
The 2002 Alaska Aces season was the 17th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The Alaska Aces made it to the finals...
overseas Filipinos, surpassed only by the United States, and one of the fastest-growing groups in Canada. Only a small population of Filipinos lived in Canada...
San Francisco before returning to the Philippines at age 24. In 1989, Cone took over as the coach of the Alaska Air Force with players such as the famed...
Alaska. Some Filipinos also served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Following the end of World War II, some Filipinos who served in the U.S. Army...
language groups. Many Alaska Natives are enrolled in federally recognized Alaska Native tribal entities, who in turn belong to 13 Alaska Native Regional Corporations...
mostly with Alaska, for 15 seasons. He is known as "The Jet". He is also the basketball operations director of Slam Magazine Philippines. He was first...
quotas for natural born Filipinos born outside the Philippines, while naturalized Filipinos and foreigners can only play in certain conferences. Coaching...
eight games in the semifinals to advance into the championship playoffs, they battled the Alaska Milkmen for the All-Filipino Cup title in a Finals rematch...
coasts, it was four U.S. territories – Guam, the Philippines, Kiska and Attu in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, and Wake Atoll – which were the only American...
Joaquin "Joaqui" Llamas Trillo is a Filipino former basketball coach and executive formerly served on Alaska Aces. Trillo played for La Salle under Tito...
(1989), the Alaska Milkmen (1996) and the San Mig Super Coffee Mixers (2013–14), hold the distinction of winning all three conferences in one season and...
Americanization of the Philippines. Mass migration of Filipinos to the United States began in the early 20th century due to Filipinos being U.S. nationals...
5 February 2015. Many Filipinos visit Litomerice which has sister city agreements with Calamba and Dapitan in the Philippines, where Rizal used to live...
work by contractors for the salmon canneries and mines inAlaska. In the canneries, Filipinos worked with other groups of Asians loading and unloading...
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