The Ninilchik Traditional Council is the Tribal governing body for the federally recognized Ninilchik Tribe. Ninilchik is located on the Kenai Peninsula of the state of Alaska, USA. It is centrally located between Kenai, Alaska and Homer, Alaska on the east coast of Cook Inlet.

Our Tribal service area, in general, extends from the Kasilof River to Kachemak Bay to Mt. Redoubt to the Harding Ice Fields. More specifically, our Tribal boundaries are defined as follows:

The following description is approximate. It is intended to describe in layman's terms the boundaries of the Ninilchik Tribe. It is not intended for use as a “legal description”. All angle points, unless otherwise stated, are township corners. Bearings and distances used in this description are approximate.

Beginning at a point which is the highest point on Redoubt Volcano, located on the West side of the Cook Inlet; thence East approximately 50 miles to a point which is equidistance from the shores of the mouth of the Kasilof River at low mean water; thence East approximately 14 miles following a series of points which are equidistant from the shores of the Kasilof River, on its Northermost tributary which connects both up stream and down with the Kasilof River, and are at one foot intervals, to a point which is equidistant from the shores of the Kasilof River at the confluence of the Kasilof River and the Tustemena Lake; thence Northeast to a point which is equidistant from the Southernmost point of Fox Lake and the Westernmost point of Caribou Island; thence Southeast to a point which is the intersection of the East shore of Tustemena Lake and the Seward Base Line; thence East along the Seward Base Line until the intersection of the Seward Base Line and the Cook Inlet Regional Corporation boundary; thence South following the Cook Inlet Regional Corporation boundary approximately 44.5 miles until the intersection of the Cook Inlet Regional Corporation boundary and the highest point of the Dinglestadt Glacier on that line; thence Northwest approximately 8 miles to a point which is the Southeasternmost shore of Glacier Lake; thence Northwest approximately 2 miles to a point which is equidistant and at the confluence of the Fox River and Glacier Lake; thence West approximately 20 miles along a series of points which are equidistant from the shores of the Fox River and at intervals of one foot within the northernmost tributary of the Fox River until a point which is the confluence of the Fox River and Kachemak Bay; thence Southwest approximately 20 miles to a point which is the Southeastern most point of the Homer Spit at Mean Low Tide; thence due West approximately 84 miles until intersecting the Cook Inlet Region Incorporated boundary line to a point on the line which is due West of the point of beginning; thence due East approximately 90 miles to the point of beginning.

Included are all bodies of water (navigable and non-navigable) all land formations or parts of such bodies and formations which are within the boundaries described above.

Ninilchik Traditional Council
P.O. Box 39070
Ninilchik, Alaska 99639
PHONE: (907) 567-3313 FAX: (907) 567-3308
ntc@ninilchiktribe-nsn.gov