Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (CIRI) is an Alaska Native regional corporation created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. As a for-profit entity, CIRI manages aboriginal land claims and focuses on investments that benefit its over 7,300 Alaska Native shareholders of various indigenous descents, including Athabascan, Southeast Indian, Inupiat, Yup'ik, Alutiiq, and Aleut.