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Kiana, AK - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Kiana  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Kiana Home page. The Kiana Home page provides as much information as possible on Kiana. Knowing Kiana’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Kiana’s Home page, you will also find Kiana’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Kiana has a population of 385. 50.6% of Kiana’s inhabitants are Male, and 49.4 are female. 31.5% of Kiana is married and 83.1% own their own home. The Average Home price is $96,518, and the average rent is $850. Household median income in Kiana is $54,063, and the individual median income is $12,596. Kiana’s Ethnic is the following: Native(91.9%), Hispanic(4.2%), Multiple(3.9%), White(3.6%), Asian(0.5%).


The first white men came up with boats in 1898 and changed the way of life. They settled in where is now Kiana. More white men came in 1901 and 1902, and started building houses. Inupiaq women moved to them and married them. Archaeologists have discovered a pre-contact Inupaiq village near Kiana. From carbon dating, the archaeologists discovered the village was from the late 1700s to the early 1800s.


When more digging was done, they found that some of the houses they excavated were connected with tunnels and passageways. The average house size in the village was about the size of typical one-roomed cabins. Some of the artifacts that were found include metal fragments and shards, as well as glass beads.Kiana is the central village of the Kobuk river, for Kowagmiut Inupaiq Eskimos.


Kiana became known to the Federal Government after a population increase, eventually making the town in to a city, in the year 1915. A United States Post Office was founded in the year 1964.Before the post office was built, mail came only once a month. The mail transportation method was mainly by dogsled or by walking from one village to another.


During this time, Kiana became a key supply city for coal and gold miners who were posted along the Squirrel River. The Blankenship Trading Post was managed by Walter Blankenship, and later by Robinson Blankenship and Ruth Blankenship Sandvik. This trading post was the only store with goods such as flour, salt, soda pop, coffee, tea, sugar, and fruit, both dried and canned.


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