Alaska
Photo Collection of Buckland, Alaska "Northwest Arctic
Alaska"
Buckland, Alaska is located in the Northwestern
region of Alaska. It is in the Northwest Arctic Borough School
District and the nearest large community is Kotzebue, Alaska.
This community of about 500 receives daily air service by Bering
Air and Cape Smythe. The community of Buckland is mostly Inupiaq
Eskimos that still live a subsistence lifestyle of fish and
caribou. The Buckland River provides the locals with a strong
supply of fish which a strong caribou tribe migrates near the
village almost all year long. Buckland got a new school in 2002
and and a new health clinic in 2003. View
Buckland Alaska Photo Collection >>
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